Definition of Muscle Strength
Strength is the ability of skeletal muscle to produce tension in different ways. — Verchosanskij
Muscle strength is divided into:
- MAXIMUM STRENGTH: it is the highest force that the neuromuscular system is able to express with a voluntary contraction.
- EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH: is the ability of the neuromuscular system to overcome resistance with high speed of contraction.
- STRENGTH ENDURANCE: It is the body's ability to resist fatigue during strength performances over time.
The various expressions of strength previously mentioned: maximum strength, explosive strength, explosive strength endurance and muscular endurance can be classified according to biological principles. These expressions can be classified by taking into account both the neuromuscular aspects, which serve to modulate tension, and the metabolic aspects which determine its duration.
Therefore, the maximum force and the explosive force are characterized by neurogenic factors, while explosive strength endurance and muscular endurance are characterized by metabolic factors. Strength, speed and endurance are essential to successful performance. The dominant physical capacity is the one that contributes most to a particular movement or activity.
Most physical activities require optimal performance of at least two of the three qualities listed. The development of one of the three conditional abilities must take place in a methodical manner, since it directly or indirectly affects the others. Strength is a fundamental ability that must however be trained together with the others so as not to become counterproductive.
Of the three types of strength classified by Harre, maximum strength is trained first. Once this quality is improved then it can be transformed into other types of strength with adequate training. Maximum strength can therefore be developed into explosive strength or strength endurance, or contribute to hypertrophy.
Maximum strength improves first through adaptations in the nervous system, followed by physical changes that lead to hypertrophy.
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It follows that muscle recovery, whether complete or partial, underpins supercompensation. It has the same importance as the training stimulus and must be carefully considered. Those who train to exhaustion will need longer recovery periods, lasting an entire microcycle for an individual muscle group, while when training short of failure, rest is based on previous and anticipated training stress, as well as the goals of the microcycle or mesocycle.
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