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Muscular Strength -
Your ability to contract your muscles with maximum force.

Types of muscle contractions -

 

  1.  Eccentric strength: how much weight you can lower under control
  2.  Static strength: how much weight you can hold stationary under control
  3.  
    Concentric strength: how much weight you can lift one time with an all-out muscle contraction
 
Types of Strength -
 
  1. General Strength (Foundation)- Training all the muscle groups without concentrating on the muscles that assist your particular sport.
  2. Absolute Strength - The amount of musculoskeletal force you can generate for one all-out effort without the help of some form of work-producing aid(suplements, hypnosis, message, etc.)
  3. Limit Strength - The amount of musculoskeletal force you can generate for one all-out effort taking every available advantage science has to offer, short of using drugs or other illegal techniques or strategies which are against the rules of an athletic event. 
  4. Speed Strength(see Muscular Power)

              a)  Starting Strength

              b)  Explosive Strength/Compensatory Acceleration

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