Question

Strength training is safe when properly supervised and controlled. The coach and the teacher should make sure that athletes are fully aware of the safety rules applying to weight training room (s) they use. Strength training exercises are used in almost every game/sport. The demand of strength needed for a sprinter to explode from the blocks is different than the strength needed by a weightlifter to lift 200 Kg barbell. Therefore, it implies that there are different types of strength. 

(a) What is the most important while doing weight training? 

(b) Which type of strength is needed by a sprinter to explode from the blocks? 

(c) what are two most important values one learns by weight training?

Answer 1

(a) Weight training requires supervision and athletes must know safety rules applied in weight training. 

(b) Explosive strength. 

(c) (i) Always train under the expert guidance. 

(ii) Always follow safety rules.