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Fitness
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Subject
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health-and-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Hemoglobin
Systolic
Essential Fat
Fast twitch fibers IIb
2. Vitamins - minerals and water
Valves
25%
Regulatory Nutrients
max does not take account of resting heart rate
3. What are proteins made of
15-60 sec
remains the same length
25%
Amino Acids
4. 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
3-5 conditions metabolic syndrome
140-159 or 90-99
Phytochemicals
Isotonic
5. Behavioral goal is associated with something you do - example is 30 minutes of brisk walking 6 days a week for the next 2 weeks; an outcome goal is associated with a physical characteristic example would be to lowering your body weight
behavioral and outcome goals
Percentage overweight
Monounsaturated fat
Aerobic Capacity
6. 5 organs or systems all be fit; heart - lungs - blood vessels - blood and muscles
PNF
Manganese
Cardiovascular Fitness Requires
overload; progressive
7. How many amino acids are there
20
muscle strength
men 40 - women 35
Vegans and Lacto-ovo Vegetarians
8. Are the transfer stations where oxygen and fuel are released - and waste products - such as carbon dioxide - are removed from the tissues.
2-7 times per week
(kcal/kg/hour x 70 Kg X1 day)
Capillaries
Making Push-ups Difficult
9. Heart monitor - Talk Test -RPE (13-16) - METS -Pulse Rate (heart rate reserved/ maximum hear rate method)
4 ways measure aerobic exercise
men 40 - women 35
Dehydration
9
10. Both: are chemicals the body need to function; Minerals are needed in larger quantities (pounds - versus ounces of vitamins) - minerals are not destroyed - broken down or transformed in the body; minerals cannot be made by the body - have to get from
Vitamins v. Minerals
K
Aerobic Capacity
PNF
11. Ability of muscles to exert themselves repeatedly. A fit person can repeat movements for a long period without undue fatigue.
muscle endurance
13
What carbs do for us
Protein Supplements
12. Contain all of the essential amino acids - along with most of the others. examples are meat - dairy products - and fish
Amino Acids
4
Complete Proteins
What carbs do for us
13. How often per year does the heart beat in a normal person?
Viscous
agonist/ antagonist
Free weights
40 million
14. A dark-colored adipose tissue with many blood vessels - involved in the rapid production of heat in hibernating animals and human babies
10-35%
Eating Fewer Tootsie Roll Pops
3 muscle fibers
Brown Fat
15. When hanging from for a long time from the chin up bar is an example of what PRE
Isometric
6 benefits of aerobic exercise
Blood Flow Pathway
Monounsaturated fat
16. Percentage carbs in diet
Complete Proteins
DOMS
20-35%
45-60%
17. Which muscle fibers can help you excel at jumping for rebounds in basketball
S
Fast twitch fibers IIb
agonist/ antagonist
Glutes
18. Too little of the body weight composed of fat. special concern particularly when associated with overtraining - low calorie intake - competitive stress and poor diet. with this amenorrhea may occur which places the woman at risk for bone loss and oth
Dangers Under fat
How RPE is Used
2-7 times per week
Eating Fewer Tootsie Roll Pops
19. When you press your palms together in front of your chest as hard as you can - that is an example of which kind of exercise
High blood pressure
Isometric
48 hours
Visceral Fat
20. What is it that keeps blood from rushing down to your feet in between heart beats.
F
Valves
Functional Balance
Isometric
21. Stretches but then comes back to its original state like a rubber band
Electrolytes
Water per day
Blood Flow Pathway
Elastic
22. The amount of energy expended at rest is referred to 1
Grehlin
K
Amino Acids
1 MET
23. How many second s do they suggest for eccentric contraction
Fiber
Free weights
4 seconds
Plyometrics
24. Based on the principle of rest and recovery how long should you rest a muscle group before doing serious resistance training on that muscle group again.
48 hours
Right and Left Ventricle
3 kinds of muscles
Heredity and body composition
25. Precontemplation - not thinking about stopping Contemplation - considering stopping eating themPreparation - looking for healthier snacks Action - starts to eat fewer tootsie pops Maintenance - only eating four tootsie pops every month
13
Vitamins
Electrolytes
Eating Fewer Tootsie Roll Pops
26. Increase exercise - strength and cardio - reduce calorie intake - decrease fat - sugar and alcohol
Hyponatremia
lose fat not muscle
Aerobic Capacity
Free weights
27. Body fat that is located in the core of the body - also known as central fat. located in the abdominal cavity as opposed to subcutaneous dangers are heart disease - stroke - breast cancer - type 2 diabetes.
120/80
Omega 3
Visceral Fat
lactic acid
28. How many essential amino acids
20
Leptin
Isokinetic
9
29. Carbohydrates - fat and protein.
Fuel Nutrients
48 hours
Fiber
9
30. A hormone that makes you feel full; plays a crucial role in altering appetite and in speeding up or slowing down the metabolism. some people are resistant to this because of genetics
45 male 39 Female
Fortified Foods
4 ways measure aerobic exercise
Leptin
31. Type of muscle contraction in which the muscle changes length - either shortening (concentrically) or lengthening (eccentrically)
Isotonic Exercise
Metabolic Equivalents
Complete Proteins
Training for 2 components of muscle fitness
32. Hardening of the arteries due to conditions that cause the arterial walls to become thick - hard and nonelastic.
Omega 6
Arteriosclerosis
Hyponatremia
Fat
33. What is a normal healthy blood pressure
3-5 conditions metabolic syndrome
120/80
Blood Flow Pathway
intermediate twitch fibers
34. Percentage of protein for diet
2 seconds
Fiber
Right and Left Atrium
10-35%
35. For metabolic syndrome - What is considered low for HDL.
Cholesterol
8-12 reps
What carbs do for us
Less than 40-men - Less than 50-woman
36. What is the aerobic capacity of an elite runner
80-82 ml/kg
bones
3 somatypes
Aging on BMI
37. Left Ventricle - aorta - small blood vessels - capillaries - veins - right atrium - right ventricle - left atrium - left ventricle
Isotonic Exercise
Blood Flow Pathway
3 muscle fibers
DOMS
38. Individuals who are overweight or obese as children are more likely to be overweight as adults. over fatness in children causes the body to produce more fat cells; Children who are adopted are said to take on the BMI of their birth parents rather tha
10-35%
Aging on BMI
2-3
Brown Fat
39. How much blood is in our body?
5.3 quarts
20
lactic acid
4 seconds
40. How often per minute at rest does the heart beat in a normal person.
0-80
Z
72 beats
Percentage overweight
41. Book suggests doing resistance exercises slowly - How many seconds do they suggest for concentric contractions
Bad Carbs
304 calories (1 cal/kg/hr X MET)
3-5 days
2 seconds
42. When muscles are working what percent of blood flow do they receive
Endurance and Strength
70
Purpose of Functional Balance
muscle strength
43. Calories per gram Carbs
Cholesterol
Exercise Balls - BOSU - balance boards.
4
3-5 days
44. Sodium and chlorine. tied for 5th abundant. both are electrolytes and postassium - most people get plenty of sodium - and many get too much. the upper level is 2300 mg a day which is about 1 teaspoon. Chloride helps us digest food and need about the
20
8-12 reps
NA and CL
4
45. Calories in a pound
tension not pain
3500
30-90 minutes
Atherosclerosis
46. 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)
intermediate twitch fibers
7 major minerals
Isometric
Essential Fat
47. The oxygen-carrying protein (molecule) of red blood cells
Vegan
13
Hemoglobin
7 major minerals
48. What is the average resting heart rate in the US
Unsaturated fat
I
0-80
3 benefits of flexibility
49. DOMS
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Isotonic Exercise
above 150
above 130/85
50. Reduce cholesterol and LDL cholesterol they also decrease levels of HDL
Polyunsaturated fat
P
Causes of DOMS
Prochaska's Model for Behavior Modification