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Water Aerobics
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Study First
Subject
:
health-and-fitness
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Most of us should watch our intake of fats - but none of us should cut them out entirely. They should comprise about (blank) % of our daily calorie intake
calories
20-30
Injury
combinations
2. 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)
straight
calcium
growth and repair
decrease
3. (blank) are our primary and most efficient energy source
overload
carbohydrates
muscle (35-50)
9
4. Vitamin C is a (blank) - soluble vitamin
FITT (frequency - intensity - time and type)
water
osteoporosis
Heel down every time you land
5. Anit-oxidants may help to prevent cancer - emphysema and heart disease by absorbing (blank) before they can cause damage
75
eat and exercise
Target heart rate zone
free radicals
6. (blank) stretches are those that involve bouncing to improve your range of motion. They are not generally recommended.
fat
organs
recovery
ballistic
7. Four kinds of fats should be avoided if possible. One is trans fats - sometimes called transfatty acids. The other three are trans fat - hydrogenated oil - and (blank-blank) oil
warm up
partially-hydrogenated
20-30
free radicals
8. The 4 factors that you must consider in planning a fitness program are (blank) - (blank) - (blank) - (blank)
growth and repair
toes
FITT (frequency - intensity - time and type)
bones and teeth
9. While in the (blank) method we spend 3 to 4 minutes on each movement.
block
48
water
orange - dark green
10. It's a good idea to breathe through your nose as much as possible - because that way you increase (blank)
recovery
endurance
20-30
shallow
11. Our cells use oxygen to convert food - primarily carbohydrates and (blank) into energy
4-5
300mg
calories
produce
12. While in the (blank) method we spend 3 to 4 minutes on each movement.
block
bodyfat
more
8
13. The aerobic workout should be designed to improve (blank) capacity
injury
cholesterol
calcium
cardio-respiratory
14. To improve muscle fitness - you must increase the demand on your muscles. this can be done using body weight - free weights - machines or
water
urine
20-30
fat
15. Fruits and vegetables of what 2 colors are especially high in vitamins?
20-30
Target heart rate zone
down
orange - dark green
16. Minerals are also used in metabolism - and help to form (blank and blank)
cardio-respiratory
hormones and enzymes
Down - Relaxed
10
17. The rest of the extra carbohydrates we eat are converted to (blank) and stored beneath the skin - around organs and in the abdominal cavity
fat
HDL
phosphates
injury
18. Fats are essential to a healthy body. They insulate body from cold and they provide a protective layer around (blank)
side-scissors
organs
heart - lungs and blood vessels
1000- 1200
19. If you have a groin injury - take it easy when we do
side-scissors
aerobic
Heel down every time you land
water
20. In the (blank) method of teaching water aerobics - we go back over a list of movements again and again -
Heel
link
23-26
100
21. Our bodies contain about 2 1/2 pounds of calcium - 99% of it in the (blank and blank)
down
100
bones and teeth
endurance
22. 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.
more
5-10 minutes
circuit
intensity
23. (blank) are our back-up energy source.
calcium
fat
carbohydrate to fat
produce
24. LDL stands for
calcium
low density liproprotein
urine
4-5
25. As you do each stretch - there are 2 things to avoid. One is over-(blank) and it means we should not do things such as the plow. the other thing to avoid is not holding your breath
stretching
side-scissors
weight baring
ballistic
26. Our bodies are constantly building and tearing down bone. until around age 25-35 the net result is bone growth - then our bones gradually begin to (blank) in size and strength unless we actively do things counteract this process.
muscle (35-50)
calcium
HDL
decrease
27. 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)
water
osteoporosis
HDL
eat and exercise
28. There are 4 kinds of flexibility exercises. the 2 that are most useful for ordinary people are dynamic range of motion and (blank)
static stretches
creative protein
fat
calories
29. The nine amino acids that we cannot manufacture are called the essential amino acids because we must get them from (blank)
our food
stop
flexibility
20-30
30. If there is not enough calcium in the bloodstream to do this work - our bodies will (blank) it from our bones and teeth
water
9
steal
48
31. CRP stands for (blank). it is a measure of a person's risk for rupturing a cardiac artery or heart attack
calcium
aerobic
blood sugar level
creative protein
32. Carbohydrates - fats - proteins - vitamins - minerals - and water
600-700
stress
growth and repair
6 essential nutrients
33. Some things can limit your flexibility. Among them are (blank) and large muscle development
10
genetics
Basal Metabolic Rate
flexibility
34. Strength training not only improves your muscles - it also improves the health of your bones. This is a smart thing to do - because it will decrease your chances of getting the disease called (blank)
osteoporosis
20-30
good vision
toning
35. Your BMR increases as the amount of (blank) in your body increases
organs
Basal Metabolic Rate
orange - dark green
muscle
36. The part of a water aerobics work-out that is designed to develop muscular endurance is called the (blank) phase
aerobic
down
osteoporosis
toning
37. Eating too much protein can have harmful effects on your body. One is that it has an adverse effect on the body's absorption of (blank)
6
osteoporosis
essential amino acids
calcium
38. Most 'complete proteins' which contain all 9 of those amino acids - come from (blank)
choreographed
animals
straight
urine
39. 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
stress
partially-hydrogenated
Injury
75
40. Over (blank) is a good thing. it is how muscles get stronger. overuse is a bad thing. it could lead to an injury
animals
10
load
intensity
41. BMR stands for
Basal Metabolic Rate
23-26
soda
Heel
42. Minerals are also used in metabolism - and help to form (blank and blank)
hormones and enzymes
osteoporosis
23-26
load
43. Complex carbohydrates - preferably whole grain - should make-up (blank) % of our daily calorie intake
stress
solid
45-60
20-30
44. In order to accomplish this - we have to (blank) the heart muscle
heart - lungs and blood vessels
overload
calcium
combinations
45. If your goal is to develop greater cardio-respiratory fitness - you should do aerobic fitness training (blank) times a week.
soda
flexibility
4-5
skim milk - fish - and tofu
46. A safe - effective way to do that is to work in your (blank)
D
ballistic
Target heart rate zone
3-6
47. Simple carbohydrate - found in sugar - should make up no more than (blank) % of our daily calorie intake
10
bodyfat
8
essential amino acids
48. The final - stretching - phase works on our (blank)
flexibility
overload
20-30
3-6
49. A number of 4 or lower is the preferred ratio of (blank) cholesterol to HDL
total
20-30
bodyfat
muscle
50. Our bodies use about (blank to blank) mg. of calcium per day - to make and repair bones - clot blood - regulate muscle contraction and relaxation and help the body absorb nutrients
steal
30-60
600-700
injury