Muscular
Endurance
Types
 | Continuous tension
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| Repetitive dynamic
contraction
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| Prolonged intense
contractions coupled with short rest periods
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Muscular endurance is a health-related component of physical fitness. It is the ability of a skeletal muscle or group of muscles to continue contracting over a long period. When you have good muscular endurance you have the ability to resist fatigue while holding a position, carrying something for a long period of time, or repeating a movement without getting tired.
Lifting heavy weights with low repetitions will develop strength. Dynamic muscular endurance is the opposite. You must do higher numbers of repetitions and with lower resistance. Dynamic muscle endurance is the muscle's ability to contract and relax repeatedly. An example of an exercise requiring dynamic endurance is the push-up. At some point, the muscles will become fatigued, and you will no longer be able to perform them. Examples of everyday activities requiring dynamic endurance are carrying groceries to your car, mowing your garden and playing several sets of tennis. Each of these activities requires some muscular strength, but they also require the muscle to repeat the movement over a period of time.
A muscle's ability to remain contracted for a long period of time is called static muscle endurance. It is usually measured by the length of time you can hold a body position. For example doing a pushup, if we measure the length of time a person can remain in the flexed arm position, we are measuring static endurance. This means lowering the body in the pushup position until the arms are in a ninety-degree angle parallel to the floor and holding this position as long as possible. Some activities requiring static endurance include handstands.
