Health Test 2

Which is a result of inactivity and aging?

Which is a definition of hypertrophy?

During which exercise does a muscle lengthen as it contracts?

Which term refers to a type of bodyweight exercise that emphasizes control, movement flow, and breathing?

What is the best way to improve muscular endurance?

What is the recommended amount of resistance and number of repetitions for improving muscular endurance?

How is muscular endurance assessed?

What do stability ball exercises improve?

What do experts say when they compare free weights to weight machines?

What determines training intensity for weight training?

Which type of isotonic exercise would athletes use to simulate movement during sprinting or throwing?

At what age do people typically begin to lose muscle mass?

How is muscular strength assessed?

Which muscle group do lunges develop?

What characterizes slow-twitch muscle fibers?

What is the best way to build individual muscle strength and muscle size?

What is the minimum number of training days per week for gaining strength?

Which type of exercise is an individual performing when she or he jumps from a platform to the ground and then jumps back up on the platform?

What is the recommended amount of resistance and number of repetitions for building muscular strength rapidly?

Which statement describes a condition of gender and strength training?

Which describes a muscle fiber?

Properly aligning the spine and the strong muscles in which area can reduce such injuries as low back pain?

Which advantage is associated with static exercises?

Which exercise program is an example of a weight-training program focused on building muscular endurance?

How long should the rest interval between sets last to gain muscular strength and endurance for general fitness?

Which of the following is an accurate comparison between women's and men's body composition?

When does the metabolic rate increase?

Which condition can cause the decrease in muscle strength that is often associated with aging?

For overall fitness, how many different exercises should a weight training program include?

What is the best description of isokinetic exercise?

Which is true when comparing free weights and weight machines?

Which activities predominantly use slow-twitch muscle fibers?

How does strength training improve body composition?

What makes up a motor unit?

Which activities predominantly use fast-twitch muscle fibers?

How much boost to the resting metabolic rate can strength training provide?

What characterizes fast-twitch muscle fibers?

Which is a muscle group developed through spine extensions?

In weight training, what is the definition of a set?

Which essential hormone do men have in higher amounts than women, allowing men to build more muscle mass than women?

Which is a good resistance training technique for developing explosive strength?

What is the best description for isometric exercise?

Which defines an antagonist muscle?

What percentage of all Americans will be afflicted with low back pain at some point in their life?

Which approach is recommended for strength training safety?

How does strength training help prevent and manage chronic disease?

What is the best classification of an exercise that includes muscular force exerted as a muscle shortens?

Which activity is recommended when working with free weights?

Which structures absorb and disperse stress on the spine?

Which benefit comes with flexibility?

Which statement is true regarding an appropriate goal for flexibility?

What is the focus of dynamic stretching?

When should a person perform stretching exercises?

Which stretching program conforms to ACSM recommendations?

Which activity is one of the common stretching techniques?

Which is an essential component of safe passive stretching?

What are the two principal types of connective tissue in a muscle?

What is likely to cause back pain?

What are the five regions of the spine?

Which stretching technique do experts recommend for general fitness?

Upon which does static flexibility depend?

Which approach for the prevention and management of low-back pain is correct?

What is included in the core muscles?

What type of stretching features contracting a muscle prior to stretching?

What are joint capsules?

Which is a proprioceptor?

Which is a disadvantage of active stretching?

Which best describes a function of the spinal column?

What are the yellow fibers that make connective tissue flexible?

Which activity would dynamic flexibility affect?

Which is one outcome of good flexibility?

What determines flexibility?

Which type of stretching usually requires a partner?

Which benefit can stretching provide?

According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), how many days a week should one perform stretching exercises?

Which stretching technique is most commonly associated with injury?

How many repetitions of a stretch are needed in each session to improve flexibility over time?

Why are ballistic stretches considered dangerous?

Girls gain how much of their adult bone mass by age 18?