Weight lifting Quiz

Muscle Endurance is best achieved by

• doing negatives

• doing lower reps and having longer rest times

• adding cardio to your workout

• doing higher reps with shorter rest times

Progressive Overload includes all of the following except

• increasing sets

• increasing breathing

• increasing weight

• increasing reps

Holding an exercise where the muscle is flexed with no movement is called_________

• concentric

• eccentric

• isometric

• metamorphic

To best achieve muscle building (hypertrophy) how many sets and reps should be performed?

• 2-3 sets/12-20 reps.

• 3-5 sets/6-12 reps.

• 1 max set

• 5 sets/ 3 reps.

Name all that are true about Type 2x muscle fibers.

• White in color

• Slow twitch

• Fast Twitch

• positive

Type 1 muscle fibers are fast twitch muscles

• true

• false

During concentric motion the muscle shortens.

• true

• false

The best way to achieve muscle strength is with higher sets (3-8) and lower reps. (1-6).

• True

• False

The Eccentric phase is also known as the negative phase.

• True

• False

Pairing 2 exercises together that work the same muscle group is know as_________

• a superset

• cross-fit

• a compound set

• muscle building