Have noticed that the difference between endurance and strength work outs is an issue that surfaces in these forums from time to time, not just in discussions about weightlifting, but, e.g., is kickboxing muscular endurance training or cardio (or both).
Just came across a very short and interesting discussion of this subject which might be of interest to people. This comes from Getting Stronger, a book by Bill Pearl, at p. 53. He is a vegetarian bodybuilder (I never realized that was possible).
Bill Pearl's comments:
There are 4 elements to fitness: strength, endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility.
"Strength is the ability of a muscle to produce force. It is measured by the amount of weight you can lift in one repetition; for example the most amount of weight you can bench press or lift in the squat."
"Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle to produce force repeatedly over a period of time. It is measured by the number of repetitions of the movement."
(here is the key statement
"IF YOU CAN DO ONLY ONE OR TWO PUSH-UPS, THEN, FOR YOU, IT'S A STRENGTH MOVEMENT. iF YOU CAN DO 35 PUSH-UPS, THEN, FOR YOU, IT'S A MUSCULAR ENDURANCE EXERCISE."
end of Bill Pearl
In the forums, people sometimes ask whether a particular Cathe work out is strength or endurance. Pearl's clarifies the need to take into account the level of the person doing the work out, not just the work out. The same Cathe work out could be either strength or endurance, depending on how strong the person exercising is and how much weight they are using, and whether they complete all of the reps.
Comments, reactions are welcome.
Just came across a very short and interesting discussion of this subject which might be of interest to people. This comes from Getting Stronger, a book by Bill Pearl, at p. 53. He is a vegetarian bodybuilder (I never realized that was possible).
Bill Pearl's comments:
There are 4 elements to fitness: strength, endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility.
"Strength is the ability of a muscle to produce force. It is measured by the amount of weight you can lift in one repetition; for example the most amount of weight you can bench press or lift in the squat."
"Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle to produce force repeatedly over a period of time. It is measured by the number of repetitions of the movement."
(here is the key statement
"IF YOU CAN DO ONLY ONE OR TWO PUSH-UPS, THEN, FOR YOU, IT'S A STRENGTH MOVEMENT. iF YOU CAN DO 35 PUSH-UPS, THEN, FOR YOU, IT'S A MUSCULAR ENDURANCE EXERCISE." end of Bill Pearl
In the forums, people sometimes ask whether a particular Cathe work out is strength or endurance. Pearl's clarifies the need to take into account the level of the person doing the work out, not just the work out. The same Cathe work out could be either strength or endurance, depending on how strong the person exercising is and how much weight they are using, and whether they complete all of the reps.
Comments, reactions are welcome.
