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Muscular Fitness

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

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

a)

Look firmer and trimmer

b)

Better posture

c)

Increase risk of injury

d)

Reduces bone and muscle loss as you age

2.

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

a)

Circuit Training

b)

Isometric Training

c)

Isokinetic Training

d)

Isotonic Training

3.

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

a)

True

b)

False

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which FitnessGram test assesses upper body strength and endurance?

a)

Pacer Test

b)

Push Up Test

c)

Curl Up Test

d)

Sit-n-Reach Test

7.

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

a)

pull ups and Pacer

b)

bench press and tricep dips

c)

sit ups and leg lifts

d)

planks and lunges

8.

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

a)

Muscle

b)

Tendon

c)

Ligament

9.

Muscle tissue uses ______ at rest.

a)

Cell Production

b)

Energy

c)

Nothing

10.

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

a)

15-30 seconds

b)

30-60 seconds

c)

1-2 minutes

d)

2-3 minutes

11.

An exercise that can best increase bicep strength and endurance is _________.

a)

bicep curls

b)

leg extension

c)

shoulder press

12.

We use _____ training in order to combine weight training with flexibility work and brief aerobic exercises.

a)

circuit

b)

isometric

c)

isokinetic

13.

Lifting a heavy weight is a way to demonstrate:

a)

muscular endurance

b)

muscular strength

c)

neither

14.

To increase strength, you will want to _____ resistance (weight) and ______ repetitions.

a)

increase, decrease

b)

decrease, increase

c)

increase, increase

15.

A _____ is a repeated lift or movement.

a)

repetition

b)

set

16.

A ______ is a group of successive repetitions performed without resting.

a)

repetition

b)

set

17.

Muscular ______ is the ability to continue using certain muscles for a period of time.

a)

strength

b)

endurance

c)

fiber lengthening

18.

To improve endurance, the training session would include ______ resistance and ______ repetitions.

a)

increasing, increasing

b)

increasing, decreasing

c)

decreasing, increasing

19.

Muscles become stronger in a 3-step process:

a)

rest, recover, rest

b)

stress, recovery, repeated stress

c)

stress, stress, recovery

20.

To change muscular ability it is important to ________.

a)

workout frequently

b)

along proper recovery time

c)

put enough stress on the muscle during a workout

d)

all of the above

21.

_____ exercises means without oxygen.

a)

Anaerobic

b)

Aerobic

22.

If you are performing calf raises then you are working out which muscle:

a)

gastrocnemius

b)

quadricep

c)

bicep