Muscle Physiology & Resistance Training
This chapter provides an overview of the physiological principles related to assessing muscular strength and the methods for developing and
sustaining muscular strength through exercise. It specifically focuses on the evaluation and training of the isolated lumbar extensor muscles,
synthesizing research findings. Normative data for both genders and the interpretation of strength curves are included. Important considerations for evaluating and conditioning the lumbar extensor muscles, such as static and dynamic testing techniques, muscle fatigue characteristics, counterweighting effects, total torque, net muscular torque, strength curves, and the trainability of these muscles, are discussed.