Factors Affecting the Muscular System L o To

Factors Affecting the Muscular System L. o: To develop your knowledge and understanding of how rest, diet and performance enhancing drugs affect the muscular system

Starter Find a partner Choose a pile of cards Find a space Find how many questions your partner can get correct

Activity Can you come up with at least two reasons how rest, diet and performance enhancing drugs can affect the muscular system

Rest take place after physical activity Rest period needed Should Intensity/duration of activity

Rest What happens when we exercise? Rest allows muscles to recover Repair slight stretches/tears Allows muscles to become stronger and increase in size

Can we have too much rest? Rest period is too long = muscle wastage This is called: Muscle A______

Diet Main food groups that effect the muscular system… Protein – needed to build muscle help muscles repair Which sports would need a high protein diet?

Diet Write Is a diet for a professional rugby player this different from your diet? Why?

Performance Enhancing Drugs Anabolic Steroids Help to build muscle Can aid muscle recovery times But…

Performance Enhancing Drugs They High have many negative effects blood pressure High cholesterol levels Increase cardiovascular disease (heart attacks) Liver damage

Activity In pairs, use your knowledge gained from this lesson to come up with an argument for or against using anabolic steroids to improve your muscular system Join with a pair who have come up with an opposite argument and try to persuade them you are correct

Basketball! You will be split into two teams Choose a shooter Your team will be asked questions If you get your question right, your shooter moves towards goal Get it wrong and he goes back to the start You can only shoot at the last line