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1. For metabolic syndrome - What is considered high for triglycerides






2. Upper blood pressure number - often called working blood pressure. it represents the pressure in the arteries at its highest level just after the heart beats






3. Ratings of Perceived Exertion






4. How many essential amino acids






5. What should you feel when doing flexibility exercises






6. Calories per gram - trans fat - saturated - unsaturated - monounsaturated and polyunsaturated and trans fat - secondary source of fuel - provides protective layer around organs - insulated body from the cold - transports fat soluble vitamins ADEK -






7. Benefit performance in sports - injury prevention -






8. (Progressive Resistance Exercise) the type of physical activity done with the intent of improving muscle fitness.






9. What percent of Americans will experience back pain in their lives






10. For the purposes of diagnosing metabolic syndrome - What is considered high blood pressure.






11. When doing an isotonic exercise - should you breathe in on the effort - or out on the effort.






12. Contain all of the essential amino acids - along with most of the others. examples are meat - dairy products - and fish






13. Specific - Measurable - Attainable - Relevant - Timely






14. Isotonic muscle contractions in which the muscle gets longer as it contracts that is - when a weight is gradually lowered and the contracting muscle gets longer as it gives up tension. also called negative exercise.






15. A dark-colored adipose tissue with many blood vessels - involved in the rapid production of heat in hibernating animals and human babies






16. Hormone that makes you feel hungry






17. Kinds of Vegetarians






18. The recommended frequency for CV exercise if your goal is to attain good fitness






19. A training technique used to develop explosive power. It consists of isotonic -concentric muscle contractions performed after a prestretch or an eccentric contraction of a muscle; greater stimulus to their muscles and improve their body's ability to






20. Which is the top number diastolic or systolic.






21. Help prevent cancer by absorbing free particals.






22. Not regulated by FDA (food and drug administration) can make any claims - spend $ - no benefit - may be bad for you.






23. Type of muscle contraction in which the muscle changes length - either shortening (concentrically) or lengthening (eccentrically)






24. If Peter weighs 167lbs and is doing an activity requiring 4 MET; How many calories is he expending per hour on that activity.






25. Forms: milk - edamame - tofu - benefits: 1 8/9 essential amino acids almost a complete protein - 2 phytochemicals - heart disease - bone health - immune system. fiber - 4 vitamins and minerals - A iron - Ca Zink - B vitamins.






26. PRE strengthens your muscles - and it also strengthens something else. What is that






27. Special name antioxidants - (How they affect vegans)






28. Come from plants; a plant derived chemical that is not considered an essential nutrient in the human diet but is believed to have beneficial health effects






29. As a person becomes more aerobically fit - what happens to their heart rate






30. You need it in cell walls - used for digestion - making hormones and part of nerves. Like a waxy substance but not fat but like looks like it - cant be used as an energy source - HDL and LDL high density lip protein total > 200






31. A type of blood fat associated with increased risk for heart disease. are related to heart disease - lose some of their ability to predict heart disease with the presence of other risk factors - so high levels are more difficult to interpret than oth






32. For men and women is 17-25






33. What kind of stretch helps to improve long term flexibility safely - with no help from others






34. Hardening of the arteries due to conditions that cause the arterial walls to become thick - hard and nonelastic.






35. Heredity does not affect your destiny - genetics loads the gun but lifestyle pulls the trigger. so there are things that you inherent but how you ultimately live can affect your look






36. Primary sources come from animals. dietary fats that are usually solid at room temperature and come primarily from animal sources; excessive fat particularly this kind can lead to atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease and breast - prostate and colon






37. increase heart rate - increase breathing rate - redistribution of blood skeletal muscles - improved oxygen uptake






38. How many vitamins are there?






39. Stage 1 hypertension is present if your blood pressure is equal to or greater than what systolic and what diastolic number.






40. It is not true that the ______ you do a strength exercise - the more it builds your muscles






41. Needed in relatively large amounts; calcium - phosphorous - sulfur - potassium - magnesium - sodium and chloride. Needed for muscle contraction - blood pressure maintenance - blood clotting and bone maintenance. (what they do - come from)






42. B and C - B-1: whole grains - lean a meat and poultry - legumes and nuts - B-12: animal products (benefits and drawbacks) - these we need to make sure we get enough of - because they exit the body regularly






43. Which kind of goal is more sensible (SMART) when one is beginning to make a change in lifestyle






44. When doing chin-ups on the chin up bar what kind of PRE is it






45. Important for bone information and metabolism






46. Are the transfer stations where oxygen and fuel are released - and waste products - such as carbon dioxide - are removed from the tissues.






47. Are essential to life but needed in very small quantities - amount less than a teaspoon; iron - zinc - copper - iodine - selenium - manganese - fluorine - chromium - molybdenum. are needed in smaller amounts - we have less than 1 teaspoon of them in






48. Why is the blood in the veins blueish and the blood in arteries red






49. Iodine - it is needed to avoid a thyroid disease called goiter - because that was the leading reason for rejecting recruits during WWI - the government decided to add it to table salt in 1924 - and that has just about eliminated the disease -






50. Where are those minerals stored first.