Muscular Fitness

Achieving muscular fitness can help a person with all of the following except:

• Look firmer and trimmer

• Better posture

• Increase risk of injury

• Reduces bone and muscle loss as you age

This is a group of exercise stations that combine weight training with flexibility and aerobic exercises to improve overall fitness.

• Circuit Training

• Isometric Training

• Isokinetic Training

• Isotonic Training

Muscular Endurance is the amount of force that can be exerted by a single contraction of the muscle.

• True

• False

When working to increase the muscular endurance of a particular muscle, it's recommended to complete 3 sets of 12-20 repetitions. 

• True

• False

You need to wait 24 hours before training, or lifting weights with the same muscle group.

• True

• False

Which FitnessGram test assesses upper body strength and endurance?

• Pacer Test

• Push Up Test

• Curl Up Test

• Sit-n-Reach Test

Which exercises would be BEST for improving your push up test?

• pull ups and Pacer

• bench press and tricep dips

• sit ups and leg lifts

• planks and lunges

A _______ is a band of muscle fibers that contract and produce movement.

• Muscle

• Tendon

• Ligament

Muscle tissue uses ______ at rest.

• Cell Production

• Energy

• Nothing

What is the recommended rest period between sets for strength training exercises?

• 15-30 seconds

• 30-60 seconds

• 1-2 minutes

• 2-3 minutes