Resistance Training Exercises Acutely Reduce Intraocular Pressure in Physically Active Men and Women

Surfing has consistently been framed as a youth focused, male-dominated sport and culture. Despite surfing’s ageing demographic, neither the ways in which age impacts on surfing identities and mobilities, nor older surfer’s experiences and subjectivities, has been given scholarly attention. In this paper, I discuss research exploring the experiences and identities of middle-aged and older recreational male and female surfers in the south and south-west of England. The research illustrates that participation in surfing as a sport and lifestyle remains highly significant for some men and women through middle-age and into retirement. I consider the cultural barriers and challenges in dealing with a loss in physical performance through ageing, such as adaptations to their equipment, performance, and style, and the implications for how individuals negotiate bodily capital, space and identity. Nonetheless, older surfers also embrace different ways of being a surfer which challenge some of the more exclusionary aspects of surfing identities. Theoretically the paper develops an intersectional approach to sporting identity that explicitly recognises and accounts for the contribution of age to social identity. The research also contributes to the growing literature on physically active ‘post-youth’ leisure lifestyles, illustrating how shifting definitions of ageing have given ‘rise to new expectations, priorities and understandings’ of sporting lifestyles amongst those in middle age, and beyond.

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Comparison of upper body strength gains between men and women after 10 weeks of resistance training

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.1627 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. e1627 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Paulo Gentil ◽

James Steele ◽

Maria C. Pereira ◽

Rafael P.M. Castanheira ◽

Antonio Paoli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Resistance Training ◽

Peak Torque ◽

Elbow Flexor ◽

Upper Body ◽

Men And Women ◽

Body Strength ◽

Before And After ◽

Upper Body Strength ◽

Few Data ◽

Flexor Strength

Resistance training (RT) offers benefits to both men and women. However, the studies about the differences between men and women in response to an RT program are not conclusive and few data are available about upper body strength response. The aim of this study was to compare elbow flexor strength gains in men and women after 10 weeks of RT. Forty-four college-aged men (22.63 ± 2.34 years) and forty-seven college-aged women (21.62 ± 2.96 years) participated in the study. The RT program was performed two days a week for 10 weeks. Before and after the training period, peak torque (PT) of the elbow flexors was measured with an isokinetic dynamometer. PT values were higher in men in comparison to women in pre- and post-tests (p< 0.01). Both males and females significantly increased elbow flexor strength (p< 0.05); however, strength changes did not differ between genders after 10 weeks of RT program (11.61 and 11.76% for men and women, respectively;p> 0.05). Effect sizes were 0.57 and 0.56 for men and women, respectively. In conclusion, the present study suggests that men and women have a similar upper body strength response to RT.

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Three-dimensional musculoskeletal modelling of the seated row resistance-training exercise

South African Journal of Sports Medicine ◽

10.17159/2078-516x/2013/v25i3a356 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 67 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

K Nolte ◽

PE Krüger ◽

PS Els

Keyword(s):

Resistance Training ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Forward Dynamics ◽

Musculoskeletal Modelling ◽

Safety And Efficacy ◽

Repetition Maximum ◽

Resistance Training Exercise ◽

Dynamics Simulations ◽

Training Exercises ◽

Exercise Equipment

Objective. To evaluate whether three-dimensional (3D) musculoskeletal modelling could be effective in assessing the safety and efficacy of exercising on a seated row resistance-training machine. The focus of the evaluation was on biomechanical and anthropometric considerations of the end user.Methods. Three anthropometric cases were created; these represented a 5th percentile female as well as a 50th and a 95th percentile male based on body mass index. Two repetitions, with a resistance equal to 50% of the functional strength of one repetition maximum (1RM) for each anthropometric case, were performed.Results. Results indicate that the default model of the LifeModeler software has important limitations that should be taken into consideration when used to evaluate exercise equipment. Adjustments had to be made to the model to solve the forward dynamics simulations; as a result, no muscle forces or contraction values were obtained. This negatively influenced the value of the results as these parameters are important when analysing an exercise. The seated row resistance-training machine’s engineered or manufactured adjustability was sufficient, as it appeared to accommodate the three anthropometric cases adequately during execution of this exercise.Conclusion. It appears that 3D musculoskeletal modelling can be used to evaluate resistance-training exercises such as the seated row; however, the limitations indicated by this study must be taken into consideration, especially when using the default LifeModeler model

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