Misconceptions in the knowledge of tertiary exercise science and vocational fitness students

Jolley, Daniel; Davis, Mary V.; Lavender, Andrew

doi:10.1080/14480220.2019.1576314

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“…Past data indicate that more than 50% of personal trainers do not receive training information from reputable sources [ 27 , 28 ]. Bennie et al (2017) also showed that of 1185 fitness professionals that were surveyed, 56% received information from other fitness professionals and 62.5% developed their own ideas toward training.…”

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Heat Acclimation Knowledge among Recreational Runners

Heatherly

Caputo

Johnson

et al. 2023

Sports

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Heat acclimation (HA) is the foremost method of preventing exertional heat illness during exercise in hot and humid environments. However, the prevalence of HA training and its associated knowledge is not currently known in recreational running populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge of recreational runners toward HA. A survey consisting of 38 questions that required approximately 10–15 min to complete was disseminated to running clubs throughout the Southeastern United States. Questions were designed to collect data on participant demographics, yearly training habits, and HA knowledge. Recreational runners (N = 125) demonstrated a lack of knowledge toward proper HA training and its associated benefits. Participants largely received HA advice from their peers (31.2%) and reported no professional guidance in their training (79.2%). Finally, participants’ beliefs toward proper HA training differed among training groups with moderate and high groups perceiving greater frequency, miles/wk, and min/wk as appropriate for HA compared to the low group (p ≤ 0.05). Due to the warmer temperatures and higher relative humidity experienced in the southeastern, southwestern, and mid-Atlantic locations of the United States and throughout certain regions of the European Union, governing bodies in sport and exercise science should develop more educational initiatives to convey the importance and advantages of HA, especially when runners are training for major marathons that are typically held in the late spring and early fall seasons.

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Heat Acclimation Knowledge among Recreational Runners

Heatherly

Caputo

Johnson

et al. 2023

Sports

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“…The assistive methods currently used involve the verbal and physical gestures of the trainer or application. These methods emphasize form and maximum power when lifting heavy weights, perpetuating the myth of 'no pain, no gain' [19]. In contrast, our system evaluated the effectiveness of exercise through muscle contraction and attentional focus based on the differences between light-and heavy-load exercises, as shown in Figure 11.…”

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“…In [18], the authors mentioned that the majority of people do not realize that the Central Nervous System (CNS) is an essential factor in maximizing muscle strength, as muscle contraction begins with an impulse from the brain. The misconception of "no pain, no gain" is that lifting heavier weights could result in stronger muscles [19]. Training with attentional focus results in greater muscle strength during maximal voluntary contraction [4,15].…”

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Monitoring Neuromuscular Activity during Exercise: A New Approach to Assessing Attentional Focus Based on a Multitasking and Multiclassification Network and an EMG Fitness Shirt

Wong

Chen

et al. 2022

Biosensors

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Strengthening muscles can reduce body fat, increase lean muscle mass, maintain independence while aging, manage chronic conditions, and improve balance, reducing the risk of falling. The most critical factor inducing effectiveness in strength training is neuromuscular connection by adopting attentional focus during training. However, this is troublesome for end users since numerous fitness tracking devices or applications do not provide the ability to track the effectiveness of users’ workout at the neuromuscular level. A practical approach for detecting attentional focus by assessing neuromuscular activity through biosignals has not been adequately evaluated. The challenging task to make the idea work in a real-world scenario is to minimize the cost and size of the clinical device and use a recognition system for muscle contraction to ensure a good user experience. We then introduce a multitasking and multiclassification network and an EMG shirt attached with noninvasive sensing electrodes that firmly fit to the body’s surface, measuring neuron muscle activity during exercise. Our study exposes subjects to standard free-weight exercises focusing on isolated and compound muscle on the upper limb. The results of the experiment show a 94.79% average precision at different maximum forces of attentional focus conditions. Furthermore, the proposed system can perform at different lifting weights of 67% and 85% of a person’s 1RM to recognize individual exercise effectiveness at the muscular level, proving that adopting attentional focus with low-intensity exercise can activate more upper-limb muscle contraction.

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