Flexibility

The degree of movement that occurs at a joint

• extensibility

• range of motion

• elasticity

The benefit of stretching before and after a workout is to...

• Prevent and reduce muscle soreness

• Maintain and improve flexibility

• Reduce the risk of injury

• All of the above

A stretching technique in which you stretch to the farthest point and hold the stretch for an extended period of time

• Static Stretching

• Passive Stretching

• Dynamic Stretching

• Ballistic Stretching

What is flexibility?

• The ability of your heart and lungs to work together for a long time.

• The total force a muscle or a group of muscles can produce to complete something difficult.

• The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to work for a long time.

• The range of motion in a joint or group of joints.

How long should a Static Stretch be held for?

• 1 minute

• 45 seconds

• 10-30 seconds

• 120 seconds

Flexibility increases muscle length and improves posture.

• True

• False

One of the principles of training it means that to improve any aspect of physical fitness the individual must continually increase the demands placed on the appropriate body systems

• Reversibility

• Overload

• Specificity

• Progression

Who would generally be the most flexible?

• old male

• young male

• old female

• young female

Which is part of the principle of progression for flexibility?

• start with a few hyperextended stretches

• stretch for the longest period you can tolerate

• stretch muscles until you feel tired

• stretch a little farther every day

Joints are places in the body where

• ligaments connects muscles to bones

• bones come together

• muscles are attached to bones

• muscles come together