Lifetime Fitness Study Guide

Alejandra wants to create an effective fitness plan for herself. Based on best practices, what would be the MOST effective first step in this process?

• She should determine her personal fitness goals.

• She should search the internet for fitness plans.

• She should ask her friends for their workout plans.

• She should purchase fitness equipment for her home.

Ronaldo is setting his fitness goals. His trainer offers him advice about setting quality goals. What is the BEST advice the trainer could give him about goal setting?

• Goals should always be long-term.

• Goals should always be realistic.

• Goals should always be extremely challenging.

• Goals should always be approved by other people.

Jasmine has set this fitness goal for herself: I will run a four-minute mile by running two sprints three times per week for four months. How would her track coach MOST likely respond to this goal?

• It is neither specific nor realistic.

• It is both specific and realistic.

• It is specific but not realistic.

• It is realistic but not specific.

Lin wrote a list of fitness goals. Which of these goals is MOST likely to be considered a long-term goal?

• I will strengthen my quads by doing power squats on Fridays.

• I will lose one pound by eating less and exercising more.

• I will lift weights 3 times a week for 30 minutes.

• I will train for and compete in the Boston Marathon.

Title IX ensures that schools do not discriminate against athletes because of their gender. What does this sports rule MOST likely help eliminate?

• reinforcement

• bias

• etiquette

• sportsmanship

Shaking an opponent's hand after a tennis match is an example of sportsmanship.

• True

• False

For fitness partners, it is always better to pair an expert with a beginner when they are working on the same task.

• True

• False

Recruitment practices are a common ethical concern in sports.

• True

• False

When someone works out with others, fewer endorphins are released than if they were alone.

• True

• False

Studies have shown that exercising with a friend or in a group can result in more feelings of calm and lower levels of stress than exercising alone.

• True

• False