EXSC 505 TESTING, FLEXIBILITY, AND
EXERCISE TECHNIQUE MODULE 5 REVIEW
2026
◉ How can resistance exercise enhance muscle performance?
Answer: By restoring, improving, or maintaining muscle strength,
power, and endurance.
◉ What is the overload principle? Answer: To improve muscle
performance, a resistance load exceeding the muscle's metabolic
capacity must be applied.
◉ What does the SAID principle stand for? Answer: Specific
Adaptation to Imposed Demands; it states that resistance programs
should match the specific muscle performance element being
improved.
◉ What is the significance of specificity of training? Answer: The
adaptive effects of training are specific to the training method
employed; exercises should mimic anticipated functions.
◉ What is transfer of training? Answer: The carryover of training
effects from one exercise or task to another, although it occurs on a
limited basis.
, ◉ What is the reversibility principle? Answer: Adaptive changes
from resistance training are transient and require regular use or
maintenance to be sustained.
◉ What is the impact of detraining? Answer: Detraining leads to
reductions in muscle performance beginning a week or two after
stopping resistance exercises.
◉ What are the benefits of resistance exercise? Answer: Increased
muscle performance, strength of connective tissues, bone density,
decreased joint stress, and improved balance.
◉ Define strength in the context of muscle performance. Answer:
The extent to which the contractile elements of muscle produce
force to meet physical demands.
◉ What is strength training? Answer: Systematic practice of using
muscle force to raise, lower, or control heavy external loads for low
repetitions.
◉ Define power in muscle performance. Answer: The rate of
performing work; it involves the relationship between force and
velocity.
EXERCISE TECHNIQUE MODULE 5 REVIEW
2026
◉ How can resistance exercise enhance muscle performance?
Answer: By restoring, improving, or maintaining muscle strength,
power, and endurance.
◉ What is the overload principle? Answer: To improve muscle
performance, a resistance load exceeding the muscle's metabolic
capacity must be applied.
◉ What does the SAID principle stand for? Answer: Specific
Adaptation to Imposed Demands; it states that resistance programs
should match the specific muscle performance element being
improved.
◉ What is the significance of specificity of training? Answer: The
adaptive effects of training are specific to the training method
employed; exercises should mimic anticipated functions.
◉ What is transfer of training? Answer: The carryover of training
effects from one exercise or task to another, although it occurs on a
limited basis.
, ◉ What is the reversibility principle? Answer: Adaptive changes
from resistance training are transient and require regular use or
maintenance to be sustained.
◉ What is the impact of detraining? Answer: Detraining leads to
reductions in muscle performance beginning a week or two after
stopping resistance exercises.
◉ What are the benefits of resistance exercise? Answer: Increased
muscle performance, strength of connective tissues, bone density,
decreased joint stress, and improved balance.
◉ Define strength in the context of muscle performance. Answer:
The extent to which the contractile elements of muscle produce
force to meet physical demands.
◉ What is strength training? Answer: Systematic practice of using
muscle force to raise, lower, or control heavy external loads for low
repetitions.
◉ Define power in muscle performance. Answer: The rate of
performing work; it involves the relationship between force and
velocity.
