Developing Muscular Strength And Endurance Quiz

When planning a workout for muscular endurance, you'll need fewer workouts to reach your goal if you do compound exercises.

The proper way to increase progression in weight training is to gradually increase the amount and type of stimulus applied to the muscle.

Which statement BEST describes how muscles respond to weight training? A. Weight training stretches the muscles' limits and makes the muscles longer. B. Weight training pushes the muscles' abilities, making the muscles gain endurance. C. Weight training stimulates the muscles and causes the muscle fibers to sit closer together. D. Weight training overloads muscles, which causes the body to respond by making muscle fibers larger.

Marcel and Jose lifted 50 pounds as many times as they could. Marcel could lift the weight 25 times. Jose could lift the weight 30 times. Marcel and Jose can conclude that __________. A. Jose has better muscular endurance than Marcel B. Jose has better muscular strength than Marcel C. Marcel has better muscular strength than Jose D. Marcel has better muscular endurance than Jose

If you want to increase your muscular endurance, which workout would be BEST suited to help you reach your goals? A. a workout that uses five sets of five reps and works out each specific muscle group three times a week, treating every other day as a rest day B. a workout that works out each muscle group each day, using high weight and low repetitions C. a workout that uses three sets of 15 repetitions and works each muscle group four times a week, treating every other day as a rest day D. a workout that isolates one muscle group a day, using low weight and low repetitions

If we wanted to compare muscular endurance between a very large person and a very small person, what method would be the BEST method to use? A. absolute method B. maxing out C. calisthenic method D. fixed percentage of RM method

It is important to allow a muscle group 48 hours to recover after targeted weight lifting.

Overload is the act of exercising a muscle to fatigue.

Lisa and Rachel want to determine their muscular endurance, but they don't have access to a gym or any weight-lifting equipment. What can they use? A. maxing out method B. percent of 1 RM method C. calisthenic method D. absolute method

Which of the following methods is the most effective in determining muscular strength if you do not want to worry about selecting the wrong weight? A. maxing out B. absolute method C. predicting 1 RM D. calisthenic method