Health-related Fitness - Muscular Fitness - Exploring Exercises For Muscular Fitness

Which of the following is a myth about weight lifting? A. Not everyone can become a bodybuilder through weight training. B. Women who lift weights will develop large, bulky muscles. C. People who weight train don't need protein supplements. D. Spot training cannot help someone lose fat in a specific body area.

What distinguishes push-ups from other chest exercises such as the bench press and dumbbell flies? A. The bench press also exercises the legs. B. Push-ups are a variable resistance exercise. C. Push-ups do not require any weights or machines. D. Push-ups are not actually chest exercises.

Isometric exercise strengthens muscles without __________. A. contracting muscle fibers B. changing muscle length C. burning calories D. conscious effort

Plyometrics is an isometric exercise technique.

Well-designed weight-training programs only target two or three body areas.

The principal benefit of speed loading is to increase __________. A. overall muscle strength B. flexibility C. muscle endurance D. natural movement speed

Weight training requires that individuals add supplemental protein to their diet.

The principal difference between isometric and isotonic exercises is the __________. A. use of free weights and weight machines B. rate of calories burned during exercise C. change in muscle length during exercise D. type of muscles exercised

In calisthenics, the resistance is ultimately provided by __________. A. free weights B. springs and elastic bands C. gravity D. weight machines

The rear deltoid row is a back exercise.