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






2. These stretches should be held for (blank) to (blank) seconds each






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






4. The (blank) phase of a water aerobics class is designed to improve cardio-respiratory capacity






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






6. 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






7. Vitamin C is a (blank) - soluble vitamin






8. Calcium is best absorbed in the presence of which vitamin?






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






10. As you become more fit - your resting heart rate will go (blank) and you will need to recalculate your training zone






11. Your BMR increases as the amount of (blank) in your body increases






12. To lose fat but retain muscle - you should: increase your exercise both aerobic and strengthening and also decrease your food intake especially (blank - blank and blank)






13. Vitamins are essential for the process of metabolism and for many other things. Some of the things they do are promote (blank) and form normal blood vessels






14. 'incomplete proteins' are all right to use - as long as you eat them in (blank) that provide all 9 essential amino acids






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






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






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






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






19. Whole grain foods - such as brown rice and whole wheat bread - give us the added benefit of fiber which slows down the digestive process - keeping our (blank) more even






20. Strong muscles are a good idea because they can help to prevent (blank). They also enable you to be capable - independent person who doesn't need to rely on others.






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






22. There are 13 vitamins. Some are (blank) - soluble and some are water soluble. If you get too much of the (blank) soluble ones - they can accumulate and become toxic






23. 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)






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






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






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






27. Its purpose is also to return the body to its (blank) and to prevent (blank)






28. Fruits and vegetables of what 2 colors are especially high in vitamins?






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






30. Carbohydrates - fats - proteins - vitamins - minerals - and water






31. To lose fat but retain muscle - you should: increase your exercise both aerobic and strengthening and also decrease your food intake especially (blank - blank and blank)






32. A safe - effective way to do that is to work in your (blank)






33. Final stretches - designed to increase your flexibility - should be held for (blank) seconds






34. When stretching your leg muscles - be sure your knee does not extend beyond your (blank)






35. According to the Water aerobics mantra - your shoulders should be






36. The part of a water aerobics work-out that is designed to develop muscular endurance is called the (blank) phase






37. Body composition refers to the % of (blank) in your body






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






39. Specific activities or exercises that are especially good for developing muscle fitness include (blank) and water aerobics






40. Simple carbohydrate - found in sugar - should make up no more than (blank) % of our daily calorie intake






41. (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.






42. As you become more fit - your resting heart rate will go (blank) and you will need to recalculate your training zone






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






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






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






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






47. The warm-up phase usually lasts how long?






48. We should drink 8-10 - 8-ounce glasses of water a day - not counting coffee - tea - alcohol or (blank) because they have substances that take water out of the body.






49. Its purpose is also to return the body to its (blank) and to prevent (blank)






50. If you are using the RPE as a way of judging your intensity level - where should you be at the peak of your water aerobics work out?