Exercise engagement is differentially motivated by age-dependent factors.

Objectives: To examine exercise engagement motives from adolescence throughout the adult life span using the Exercise Motivation Inventory 2 questionnaire.

Methods: Two hundred fifty-five (255) participants, 13 - 84 years and equally representing both genders, were grouped by age and sex.

Results: An age-dependent engagement in voluntary exercise was observed.

Vibration and stretching effects on flexibility and explosive strength in young gymnasts.

Purpose: Effects of simultaneous vibration-stretching on flexibility and explosive strength in competitive female gymnasts were examined.

Methods: Twenty-two female athletes (age = 11.3 +/- 2.

Peak force and rate of force development during isometric and dynamic mid-thigh clean pulls performed at various intensities.

Eight male collegiate weightlifters (age: 21.2 +/- 0.9 years; height: 177.

Maximum strength-power-performance relationships in collegiate throwers.

Presently the degree to which peak force influences power production or explosive performance such as strength training movements or throwing (shot-put and weight-throw) is unclear. This study describes the relationships between a measure of maximum strength, isometric peak force (IPF), dynamic peak force (PF), peak power (PP), the 1-repetition movement power snatch (SN), and throwing ability over an 8-week training period. Five male and 6 female (n = 11) well-trained collegiate throwers participated.

Effect of warm-up on the standing broad jump in trained and untrained men and women.

The effect of 3 warm-up routines on standing broad jump (SBJ) performance was investigated. Thirty-two men and women participated as subjects. Following the determination of 1-repetition maximum (1RM) squat, subjects completed warm-up routines and broad jumps on 4 occasions in a randomized order.

Power and maximum strength relationships during performance of dynamic and static weighted jumps.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the 1 repetition maximum (1RM) squat to power output during countermovement and static weighted vertical squat jumps. The training experience of subjects (N = 22, 87.0 +/- 15.

Effects of different set configurations on barbell velocity and displacement during a clean pull.

The effects of 3 types of set configurations (cluster, traditional, and undulating) on barbell kinematics were investigated in the present study. Thirteen men (track and field = 8; Olympic weightlifters = 5) (mean +/- SEM age, 23.4 +/- 1.

Snatch technique of collegiate national level weightlifters.

Bar trajectory during weightlifting movements is related to the position of the body during the lift and the displacement of the feet during the drop-under phase. The purpose of this study was to examine anterior-posterior foot displacement and its relationship with performance in the snatch of collegiate weightlifters. Snatch attempts of men weightlifters from the 1998 U.

Physiological profile of an elite freestyle wrestler preparing for competition: a case study.

The purpose of the present investigation was to describe the physiological changes of a nationally ranked older elite freestyle wrestler during a 7-month observation period as he prepared for the 2000 Olympic freestyle wrestling trials. A 33-year-old male wrestler was evaluated 3 times during the study for measurements of body composition, resting energy expenditure, maximal oxygen consumption, isometric strength, anaerobic power and capacity, nutritional intake, and various serum plasma constituents. Body weight decreased by 1 kg, which consisted of fat-free mass (FFM), whereas body fat remained stable at 5.