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Kinesiology Strength Training

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Potential to alter gene expression






2. Spotting is especially important with the following types of exercises






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






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






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






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






7. Quantity of work one performs






8. When training for hypertrophy you should perform How many sets of each exercise






9. Developed in activities like walking - jogging - swimming - and standing






10. Strength ratios between opposing muscle groups.






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






12. Training must be increased regularly for performance to improve.






13. The squat is considered a closed kinetic chain






14. Muscle makes up the heart






15. Used when exercise remains at a steady - low intensity






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






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






18. The factors that contribute to increasing one's muscular strength






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






20. Quality of the work done






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






22. Machines (unlike free weights)






23. Goal of plyometrics






24. The purpose of cool-down






25. Goal of plyometrics






26. Two parts to the warm up






27. Athlete should be at his or her peak






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






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






30. Muscle makes up the heart






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






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






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






34. Recommended plyometric sessions per week






35. The primary purpose of spotting






36. When training for strength - you may take how much rest between each set of an exercise






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






38. The shrinking of muscles from disuse






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






40. Foundation of most periodization models






41. Can provide fuel for two to three minutes of exercise






42. Isn't developed in bench press - squat - and deadlift are fine conditioning exercises






43. When training for strength - How many repetitions should be performed for each exercise set






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






45. Potential to alter gene expression






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






47. Trength one can develop in a movement regardless of body weight






48. When you lift weights - pressure builds up in your chest. When you hold your breath you shut off the only escape valve that pressure has






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






50. Due to the mechanical loading and stress that it places on muscles and bones. However - the exercises must be intense enough to cause the bones to adapt