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Open Ended

Poll

What strength training equipment have you used?

• Dumbbells, free weights, kettlebells, and/or barbells

• Resistance bands

• Ankle weights

• Other/None

How to Use Resistance Bands

Poll

What cardio training equipment have you used?

• Step

• Weighted bag

• Machine (elliptical, bike, treadmill, rower, etc)

• Jump rope

• Other/None

Poll

What core training equipment have you used?

• Stability ball (the big one)

• Medicine ball (the small heavy one)

• Bosu ball (the flat one)

• Other/None

Bosu Ball

Stability Ball

Multiple Choice

Skeletal muscle tissue can make up as much as _____ percent of a person's body weight?

• 10%

• 50%

• 90%

• 20%

Multiple Select

The amount of tension a muscle can produce is the result of the (Check all that apply):

• Muscle size (i.e. cross-sectional area) along with the type and number of motor units activated

• Neurological signal (intensity and frequency) from brain to muscle

• Strength and point of tendon insertion and joint angle

Multiple Choice

The most commonly accepted theory of muscle growth states that _____ within a muscle activate a(n) ______ process that causes dormant stem cells to build and regenerate muscle tissue

• Microscopic tears; Inflammatory

• Contractions; Inhibitory

• Stress; Cytokines

• Tension; Neurological

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are NOT an important factor contributing to muscle growth:

• Nutrition, especially protein intake

• Recovery, especially rest and sleep

• Hormones, especially thyroid

• Progressive mechanical overboard, especially eccentric contractions

Multiple Choice

Everyday activities do not produce significant muscle growth because:

• Muscle growth requires going to the gym and lifting weights

• The body adapts to repeated demands so that movements performed regularly often do not produce enough stress to cause hypertrophy

• Cytokines are released during everyday activities that inhibit muscle regeneration

• The nervous system cannot respond by recruiting more muscle fibers to generate hypertrophy

Open Ended

Many people perform resistance training but never see appreciable changes in their muscle size. What example from the video can explain why this is?