Weight Training Principles

What kind of stretching is safe to do before a workout?

• Ballistic

• Static

• Dynamic

• All of the above

Isometric exercises are muscle contractions in which the joint angle and muscle length:

• Both do not change

• Joint angle changes, and muscle length shortens

• Joint angle changes, muscle lengthens

Eccentric exercises are muscle contractions in which the joint angle and muscle length:

• Both do not change

• Joint angle changes, muscle length shortens

• Joint angle changes, muscle lengthens

• rectus abdominus
• internal obliques
• teres minor
• pectoralis major

Which of the following muscles extends the arm at the elbow?

• Triceps Brachii
• Quadricep
• Flexor Digitorum
• Brachioradialis

Muscles that move extremities away from the midline

• Adductor
• Abductors
• Flexors
• Extensors

When performing a forearm plank, what pair of muscles are primarily being trained?

• Hamstrings & Quadripecs
• Flexor & Extensor Carpi
• Tibialis Anterior & Gastrocnemius 
• Erector Spinae & Rectus Abdominus

LIMB MOVING TOWARD MIDLINE

• EXTENSION
• ABDUCTION
• ADDUCTION
• FLEXION

The amount of force a muscle can exert.

• Flexibility
• Cardiorespiratory endurance
• muscular endurance
• muscular strength

The ability to move a body part through a full ROM.

• body composition
• flexibility
• muscular endurance
• muscular strength