Fitness Exam

In order to get the most benefits from exercise with the least amount of risk, you should:

• Exercise at a high intensity such as sprinting or running

• Exercise at a moderate intensity such as brisk walking, swimming or cycling

• Exercise at a low intensity

• The intensity doesn't matter

Which of the following is not a primary benefit of regular cardiovascular exercise?

• Increased ability to take in and use oxygen

• Improved balance

• Lower blood pressure

• Lower pulse rate

Controlled arm and leg swings, slow activity which warms and stretches muscles is called:

• Static stretching

• Passive stretching

• Dynamic stretching

• Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

Increasing muscular strength helps:

• increase lean tissue

• decrease body fat

• improve fitness

• all of the above

Running, swimming, and using an elliptical machine are all ways to improve your:

• flexibility

• muscular strength

• cardiorespiratory endurance

• muscular endurance

Muscular strength is:

• the ability for arm muscles to lift weights over your head

• the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert maximum force

• the ability to run more than one mile

• the ability to jump over a car

The benefits of a healthy body composition include:

• reduces risk of heart disease

• reduces risk of diabetes

• reduces risk of high blood pressure

• all the above

Stretching a muscle to a point and then holding the position for 15-30 seconds is called:

• Static Stretching

• Ballistic Stretching

• Dynamic Stretching

• Torture Stretching

The ability of the heart, lungs and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to working muscles and tissues during physical activity for a long period of time.

• Muscular Strength

• Muscular Endurance

• Cardiorespiratory Endurance

• Body Composition

The make-up of the body in terms of lean mass (muscle, bone, vital tissue and organs) and fat mass.

• Cardiovascular Endurance

• Spot Reducing

• Flexibility

• Body Composition