In this activity, students analyse data from an experiment that measures force and velocity for various load conditions in a bench press situation.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
- use given force and velocity values to calculate power produced for different bench press loads
- interpret and graph data and make predictions
- discuss some of the methodology researchers used while setting up this experiment.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
- introduction/background notes
- what you need
- what to do
- student handout.
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