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8th Grade Strength Training Terms And Lifts
1. Weight Room Equipment: bars, plates, dumbbells, Squat racks, benches, Platforms
2. Spotting: Working with a partner while training; provide assistance, encouragement,
coaching and feedback
3. Joint: Point in a body at which separate bones meet; joints may be moveable or
immoveable
4. Full Range of Motion: The complete movement around a joint during exercise.
5. Extension: Increasing the angle in a joint, moving a load away from the core of the body
6. Flexion: Decreasing the angle of a joint; moving a load closer to the core of the body
7. Overload principle: Making the muscle work more than normal
8. Anterior: Toward the front of the body
9. Posterior: Toward the back of the body
10. Lateral: Away from the middle toward the side of the body
Squats
 Back Squat – bar in back
 Front Squat – bar in front
Rows
Upright Rows - standing erect
Bent Over Rows
One Arm rows – knee on bench
Presses
 Bench Press
 Incline Press
 Tricep Press
Shoulder / Chest Exercises
Lateral Raise – to the side
Posterior Raise – to the back
Anterior Raise – to the front
Chest Fly – on the bench
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Elbow Joint
Arm Curl
Dips w/ variations
Lateral Pull Downs
Squat Rubric
1. Knees follow feet
2. Hips activate first
3. Bar Vertical
4. Hamstring parallel
5. Head up
Bench Rubric:
1. 5 points of contact on Bench
2. 90 degree hand placement
3. Bar travels vertically
4. Bar touches sternum
5. Breathing