Mrs. P's Sport Science/kinesiology Blog

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Muscle contraction

Watch the short animations on muscle contraction and answer the questions on the paper from class.

Sarcomere Contraction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9K1enGBJRw

Corporis Sliding Filament Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbbVbwX0av8

Sliding Filament Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZnBdeIb5c

Calcium attachment Actin myosin crossbridge

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

You are going to lookup information about a type of weight/ workout.

Workout types: senior fitness, tabata, cross fit training, circuit training, core lifts, Olympic lifts, supersets, HIIT, LISS, coordination & agility training, yoga & Pilates, body resistance exercises

Please consider the following while researching:
(ignore #6-8 right now)

What are you researching? If HIIT - what does HIIT stand for?
What is the workout?
Who do you think this workout is geared towards? age, gender, fitness level
What is the purpose of the workout?
Give an example of a sample workout.
Include a video that you find helpful about this type of workout/weights. Why do you think this video would be helpful?
Cite all your sources used. Copy and paste of the website is fine.
Would this be a beneficial workout program for you? Explain

Why is it important for seniors to exercise? Go to the following website:

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health

https://nihseniorhealth.gov/exerciseforolderadults/healthbenefits/01.html
https://medlineplus.gov/exerciseforseniors.html

1. Why is it important for seniors to exercise? benefits?

2. What did you learn?

What would be good exercise programs for seniors to do? You need to include two programs and an explanation of why the program would be beneficial to do.

https://www.self.com/story/fitness-terms-to-know-before-working-out
Superset: https://www.shape.com/fitness/tips/superset-definition-superset-workout

HIIT & LISS:

https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/how-many-hiit-workouts-should-you-do-a-week/?utm_source=mfp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MFP_Newsletter_20200227_Winner

HIIT: https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/5-best-exercises-for-fat-loss-ranked/

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Home field Advantage

Home Field Advantage: Do you think it exists? This slide share contains some information we talked about in class from: Sports Illustrated, Jan. 17, 2011 “What’s Really Behind Home Field Advantage?” by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim After discussion, reading and looking at the slide share, what is your opinion of home field advantage? Does it exist? Does it depend on the sport? Do you think there is a certain conference in which fans are louder or more intense? Does the shape and size of the stadium matter? What about NCAA March Madness? Do you think the neutral sites help in 12 vs 5 winning percentage? Does the proximity of a site to the school make a difference? Is there more data or concepts that should be looked at? Is there any data piece that is surprising to you? You must support you reasoning with two ideas from the slide share. Please post your comments to the class discussion post.

5 vs 12 History Bleacher Report 3/14/23: https://www.bleachernation.com/news/2023/03/14/5-vs-12-seed-history/

NCAA History of 5 vs 12 (2022): https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2022-03-17/history-5-seeds-vs-12-seeds-march-madness

Link to 12 over 5 in NCAA tourney: http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2015/03/2015_ncaa_tournament_how_many_12_seeds_have_defeated_5_seeds.html

SEC football: https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/home-field-advantage-sec-college-football/

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/938671-power-ranking-the-nfls-10-loudest-stadiums#slide1

Home field College football and COVID: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/with-near-empty-stands-college-footballs-home-field-advantage-on-pace-to-be-worst-in-15-years/

The Real Reasons Behind the Home Field Advantage from Sloan Sports Conference

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

BPM and workouts

Research has shown that if an individual listens to music while working out that the rate or perceived exertion (RPE) will be less and work rate will go up. The research is based on using bpm's of the music to match up with stride length or cycling pattern.

Read the following articles:

1. Exploring the Effects of Music on Exercise Intensity - Ace Sponsored
2. How To Make the Perfect Playlist For Your Workouts by Beth Janes

Here are the recommendations for bpm's need for certain activities:

warm-up, cool-down and stretching- 90-120 bpm
low intensity cardio - 120's
medium intensity cardio - 130's
high intensity cardio - 140' and above
strength training - 110-130's
power walking: 137-139
running- 147-169
cycling - 135-170

If you pump up your bpm just 1-4 bpm's you can increase your workout rate without feeling like you are working harder.

Create your own playlist tailored to you and what you do to workout.

websites to try: jogtunes, clickmix, podrunner, bpmdatabase,songbpm., djbpmstudio, mix meister, bpm widget, ergmusic.com/ca, blastfm.com, grooveshark.com
You can also search in google - song title + bpm
If you find a better website please add to the blog in the comments section for others to use.

http://www.runningmusicmix.com/

http://www.shape.com/fitness/playlists

http://jogtunes.com/jtc/jtcrun.php

http://www.bpmdatabase.com/

http://djbpmstudio.com/