TUESDAY 04/16

SR338
TODAY:
-Chapter 8 discussion questions 1-7 were due.
-We finished discussing Chapter 7 by discussing the factors that affect strength.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 8: Muscular Flexibility.

HOMEWORK:
-Nicole Palermo will bring in a current event.
-Read the article, "Want a better workout? Don't stretch before," & answer the following discussion questions:
1) Most fitness experts now agree that what kind of stretching before exercise is not just counter-productive, but potentially harmful?
2) Traditional stretches, like when people bend over to touch their toes or stretch their legs on a fence, often cause the muscles to do what?
3) When people stretch to the maximum, they are more likely to do what?
4) When you stretch before exercising, your body may think it's at risk of what?
5) How does your body compensate?
6) Stretching helps with flexibility, but people should only do it when?
7)  In the last few years, what have several studies have found about static stretching before playing a sport?
8) What has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found about people who stretched before exercise?
9)  Instead of stretching, many experts recommend warming up with what?
10) What does that type of light movement do for the body?
11) Fill in the blanks: "This allows you to approach your full ________, but in a very ________ way."
12) Research shows static stretching doesn't work as well as more active kinds of stretching that incorporate what?
13) A study published earlier this year in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine found that people who stretched using conventional techniques, like bending over to touch their toes, were less flexible than those who did a more active type of stretching that used more what?
14) Many yoga poses involve the whole body and focus not only on stretching a particular muscle, but what else around it?
-Answer the following Chapter 8 discussion questions:
8) Define the following modes of stretching exercises:
A) Static Stretching
B) Passive Stretching
C) Ballistic Stretching
D) Dynamic Stretching
E) Controlled Ballistic Stretching
F) Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
9) What are the 2 sensory organs whose function is to protect muscles from injury during stretching?
10) What is the recommended warm-up time before doing steady activities?
11) What is the recommended warm-up time before doing stop-&-go activities?