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Water Aerobics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Where you store fat is largely determined by heredity. How much fat you store is completely determined by you and is function of how much you (blank and blank)






2. Anit-oxidants may help to prevent cancer - emphysema and heart disease by absorbing (blank) before they can cause damage






3. (blank) tissue uses up a lot of calories just to exist - while fatty tissue uses hardly any. One additional pound of muscle requires 35 to 50 additional calories per day.






4. If you have a groin injury - take it easy when we do






5. If your goal is to maintain or increase your cardio -respiratory fitness level - you should try to stay in your target zone for at least (blank) minutes






6. The rest of the extra carbohydrates we eat are converted to (blank) and stored beneath the skin - around organs and in the abdominal cavity






7. There are 4 kinds of flexibility exercises. the 2 that are most useful for ordinary people are dynamic range of motion and (blank)






8. Having good flexibility helps you avoid (blank)






9. Minerals are also used in metabolism - and help to form (blank and blank)






10. A person's C-reactive protein level can be measured by means of (blank)






11. Complex carbohydrates - preferably whole grain - should make-up (blank) % of our daily calorie intake






12. Which makes your heart work harder-working in shallow water or deep?






13. The nine amino acids that we cannot manufacture are called the essential amino acids because we must get them from (blank)






14. BMR stands for






15. If your goal is to lose fat - you should do aerobic fitness training (blank) times a week.






16. You should land on your toes - but then roll onto your






17. In the (blank) method of teaching water aerobics - we go back over a list of movements again and again -






18. How much time should we spend on this in phase 3?






19. (blank) exercise is the best kind to do if you want to lose body fat






20. How much calcium is there in an 8-ounce glass of whole milk?






21. Lack of calcium causes insufficient bone density which can lead to a disease called (blank) also called brittle bone disease






22. The 4 factors that you must consider in planning a fitness program are (blank) - (blank) - (blank) - (blank)






23. As a general rule - fats that are liquid at room temperature are better for us than those that are (blank)






24. An aerobic fitness program strengthens the heart - increases the rate of oxygen delivery to the cells and reduces the risk of (blank) diseases.






25. How long should you stay low end 30 mins high end (blank) mins






26. You should stretch to the point where you feel (blank) but not pain






27. Should you keep your knee and elbow joints soft or locked?






28. If there is not enough calcium in the bloodstream to do this work - our bodies will (blank) it from our bones and teeth






29. There are several things you can do to increase your bone bulk at your age. the 2 most important are (blank) activities and eating plenty of calcium






30. While in the (blank) method we spend 3 to 4 minutes on each movement.






31. A number of 4 or lower is the preferred ratio of (blank) cholesterol to HDL






32. People in their 20's should eat (blank to blank) mg. of calcium a day






33. Two indications that your cardio-respiratory system is getting stronger are blood pressure and (blank) time after exercise goes down






34. If there is not enough calcium in the bloodstream to do this work - our bodies will (blank) it from our bones and teeth






35. Your basal metabolic rate is the rate at which your body burns (blank) when your body is resting






36. Of the 20 amino acids we need - we can manufacture 11 in our bodies.The other 9 are called the (blank)






37. (blank) stretches are those that involve bouncing to improve your range of motion. They are not generally recommended.






38. The final - stretching - phase works on our (blank)






39. If your goal is to lose fat - you should do aerobic fitness training (blank) times a week.






40. Doing flexibility exercises also helps to reduce (blank) and relax tense muscles - making you more comfortable and less prone to tension headaches - neckaches and backaches






41. Some things can limit your flexibility. Among them are (blank) and large muscle development






42. If you have a muscle cramp - decrease your (blank). if it doesn't work - stretch that muscle by contracting the opposite muscle and then do a mild exercise with the cramped muscle.






43. Good activities for cardio-respiratory work-outs include (balnk) and (blank)






44. In order to accomplish this - we have to (blank) the heart muscle






45. When we calculated our training heart rate range - or zone - we subtracted .7 of our age from 198. If we were calculating our training range for land aerobics - we would use what figure instead of 198?






46. When you do one movement for a chorus and different movements for the verses of a song - you are using the (blank) method






47. Most 'complete proteins' which contain all 9 of those amino acids - come from (blank)






48. The body composition you have is a result of the number of calories taken in and the number of (blank) used






49. Minerals are found in many different foods - and if you eat a variety of foods you are apt to get enough of them - with the exception of one mineral - called (blank)






50. An aerobic fitness program strengthens the heart - increases the rate of oxygen delivery to the cells and reduces the risk of (blank) diseases.