Resources tagged as "Development"
Fitness, Age, and Body Type
Mar 12th, 2010
Studies have shown that aerobic training benefits pre-pubescent athletes less than it benefits adolescents and adults. A recent article describes how physical activity, body mass index, waist-to-height ratio, and skin fold measurements affect fitness levels of nine-year-olds versus 15-year-olds. Interestingly, the factors listed above showed no relationship to fitness level of nine-year-olds. However, among 15-year-olds, physical activity and skin fold measurements accounted for large differences in fitness.
By IntelliSport, describing the work of Thorarinn Sveinsson, Sigurbjorn Arngrimsson, and Erlingur Johannsson.