The Effect of Static Muscle Training of Elbow Flexion : with junior and senior high school boys and a few university students and average men

Abstract

The aim of this research was to determine at what age the static training of elbow flexion showed the highest effect. A single daily contraction of 6-sec. duration with the tension of the maximum load to the right arm was continued for 12 weeks except Sundays. Subjects were tested in a sitting position as they exerted their maximum strength of the flexor keeping the forearm 90° against the upperarm. The following results were obtained: 1. A progressively increasing training effect was demonstrated as the age of subjects was advanced from junior high school to university. 2.The trained muscle strength was found to decrease with the training of once a week or of once two weeks.