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Kinesiology Strength Training

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1. When training for endurance you should do How many sets of each exercise?






2. Exercise enhances your ability to generate and tolerate large levels of






3. Can actually decrease performance on strength and power activities






4. Machines (unlike free weights)






5. Carefully and methodically increasing the athlete's fitness over time seeks to insure that athletes do not become






6. When a muscle contracts it does not change length






7. Forms the backbone of plyometric training - sprint training - and the Olympic-style lifts






8. As one gets closer to the competitive season volume will






9. Ability to maintain speed over time






10. The purpose of cool-down






11. Exercises that allow a muscle to reach max strength in as short a time as possible






12. It is critical for the prevention of injuries in plyometric sessions






13. Plyometrics training takes advantage of two physiological features in the human body






14. Mechanisms through which a warm-up helps to improve performance






15. Such as squats - leg presses - lunges and presses have to be used to have an effect on bone mineral density






16. The regular increase in training that is required for improving performance is accomplished by changing






17. A disadvantage of training with machine weights






18. Attempt to make the training process more objectively measurable - thus more accurately planned and evaluated along the way to a more reliable peak






19. When training for hypertrophy - How many repetitions should be done of each set of an exercise






20. As one gets closer to the competitive season intensity will






21. Increase in the cross-sectional area of existing muscle fibers; it does not refer to the laying down of new muscle fibers






22. Principle of specificity for athletes requires that you keep what factors in mind






23. Are able to generate more force than muscles with less angle






24. According to Brooks - Fahey - and White - the factors that influence a muscle's ability to undergo growth are






25. If the training magnitude is too low then detraining will occur






26. Periodization limitation






27. Occur when the muscle lengthens






28. When training for hypertrophy - you should only get how much rest between each set?






29. Carefully and methodically increasing the athlete's fitness over time seeks to insure that athletes do not become






30. Recommended plyometric sessions per week






31. Exercises that train the ability to run fast over short distances






32. Allows one a chance to recover from the previous phases of training






33. Two parts to the warm up






34. If you perform the same workouts day after day this will eventually lead to losing fitness






35. Training needs to be constantly evaluated so that it remains stimulating. Failure to do so can cause you to regress rather than progress






36. Ability to apply a maximum force in a minimal time






37. The primary purpose of spotting






38. States that everyone is different and will react to an exercise stimulus differently.






39. Foundation of most periodization models






40. Due to the stretch reflex - when a muscle is stretched - it automatically tries to






41. If training is enough to cause an adaptation






42. Exercise enhances the quantity and activation of the enzymes that control the anaerobic phase of






43. Generally - What is the correct order in which exercises should be performed






44. Posture used When lifting an object from the ground - lifting it overhead - or squatting with it a/an






45. Recommended hours of rest between plyometric sessions






46. Free weights require the user to






47. Exercise enhances the quantity and activation of the enzymes that control the anaerobic phase of






48. Failing to perform exercises correctly could lead to the load being placed on muscles and structures they are not meant to be - which could lead to






49. First step in designing a long-term program for an individual






50. What were the technique errors that the book said to watch out for when performing the squat