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Examining the Correlations between bicep 1RM, Muscle Endurance and Muscle Cross Sections in male and female Sport Students Introduction This Report is aimed at exploring the relationship between muscle size its strength and endurance characteristics. It is based on the results of an Exercise Physiology Lab undertaken by a year Two Eastern Institute of Technology BRS class. The results are taken from subjects performing three exercise tests of the Bicep; the bicep is made up of a long and short head which in conjunction with the elbow and forearm make up the third class lever of the arm. The biceps brachii muscle in flexing provides the effort which is exerted on the proximal radius with the elbow acting as the fulcrum (Marieb, 2004). In producing a one repetition maximal(1RM) the greater the cross sectional area of muscle the increased tension it can develop and greater its strength(Marieb, 2004). That said the...

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