Activity 4B Reflection

Essay

ROPE TRAINING AND PULL UPS

Rope Training

Jumping rope burns more calories per minute than just about any other form of cardio exercise. If you’ve never tried it before you are really missing out. It does, however, take some time to get your rhythm down as well as to build up enough stamina to be able to do it for more than a few minutes at a time. But they are definitely are a great way to get in a fun, challenging, and intense workout.

Though it is an effective cardiovascular exercise in itself, jumping rope also provides additional fitness and athletic benefits, including improving your vertical jump. Along with improved coordination and power, jumping rope engages the same muscles that are activated during a vertical leap. If you are trying to add inches to your vertical movement, include jumping rope in your training.

Jumping rope helps your body acclimate to vertical movements. Most exercises propel you forward, with occasional backwards and side-to-side movements. Besides climbing stairs, jumping is the main movement that calls for you to work against gravity and travel vertically. Jumping rope, along with other exercises that include a jumping element, such as squat jumps and box jumps, helps to functionally strengthen your legs, core and upper body.

Some types of jumping topes are;

• Basic jump
• Alternate foot jumps
• Boxer step
• High knees
• Jump rope jacks
• Mummy kicks
• Criss- cross
• Side swing
• Side under jump
• Half and Full twist

Pull Ups

A pull-up is an upper-body strength exercise. The pull-up is a closed-chain movement where the body is suspended by the hands and pulls up. As this happens, the elbows flex and the shoulders adduct and extend to bring the elbows to the torso.

>HANGING HOLD
You simply hang from a pullup bar.
Is a simple exercise that involves hanging from an overhead bar and is a great way to introduce you to bodyweight training.
Commonly used to condition and progress people to being able to do a pull up.

>LEG PULL DOWN
The pull-down exercise is a strength training exercise designed to develop the latissimus dorsi muscle. It performs the functions of downward rotation and depression of the scapulae combined with adduction and extension of the shoulder joint.

>LAT PULL DOWN
The lat pull-down exercise is a strength training exercise designed to develop the latissimus dorsi muscle. It performs the functions of downward rotation and depression of the scapulae combined with adduction and extension of the shoulder joint.
A multi-joint exercise that targets many back, shoulder, and arm muscles.

>BRIDGE ROW
The bridge push-up involves lying on the ground on the back with the feet pulled up to the buttocks and palms of the hands against the ground on either side of the head, followed by “pushing” the entire body upwards with both arms and feet.

>HINGED ROW
An exercise designed to primarily target the posterior chain, otherwise known as your “backside.
An exercise where you bend forward with maximal motion at the hip and minimal motion at the knees.
Performed in standing position with the objective being to move the torso toward horizontal, this is achieved through flexion.

>BENT OVER ROW
Is a weight training exercise that targets a variety of back muscles Which ones are targeted varies on form
A bent-over row is typically performed with free weights or a barbell, but it can also work with cables or machines.
Is a weight training exercise that targets a variety of back muscles. … Which ones are targeted varies on form.

>DEEP LOW ROW
Is a simple but effective exercise for the back and arm muscles. It helps build upper body strength and improves your posture.

Pull-Ups Strengthen Your Chest, Shoulders, Arms, and Core

In addition to working your back, pull-ups strengthen and sculpt your shoulders, forearms, and chest (pecs). They also engage your abs, including your deep transverse abdominis, making them a great exercise for targeting many of the major muscles in the body. The pullup is considered an advanced exercise. It’s more difficult than the chinup. But the pullup can be modified or done on an assisted machine for beginners, and you’ll still get benefits from these variations.

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