KHP 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Overtraining, Bench Press, Hypertrophy

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Kinesiology and Health Promotion
• Course: KHP 100
• Professor: Paul Baker

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Safety: majority of injuries come from improper form or too much weight. Breathing: exhale on concentric phase and inhale on eccentric phase. Spotter: someone to guard you when doing difficult exercises such as a pull up. Warm up: prepares the body physiologically and psychologically for the task ahead. Should focus on increasing temperature and blood of working muscles. It affects the elasticity of muscles in order to make them less susceptible to injury. Usually should include light activity along with dynamic stretching. Dynamic stretching: actively moving the muscle through the full rom with bodyweight or very light weight but not holding at any point. Static stretching: stretching a muscle then holding that position for 30 seconds. It helps to increase flexibility and should be used after the workout is completed to repair damaged muscle fibers. Overload: in order for the body to continue changing and see results from your workout progra(cid:373), the sti(cid:373)ulus (cid:373)ust i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease.