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Water Aerobics

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  • 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. By the time you feel thirsty - you are already






2. 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.






3. 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






4. (blank) is a fat-like substance manufactured in the liver. It can not be used as fuel






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






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






8. We have to eat so much more calcium than we use each day for 2 reasons. one is that we want to store calcium for those days when we dont consume enough. the other is that we do not absorb (blank) % of the calcium we eat






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






10. Our bodies contain about 2 1/2 pounds of calcium - 99% of it in the (blank and blank)






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






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






13. Excess water-soluble vitamins are flushed from the body in the (blank)






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






15. BMR stands for






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






17. Our cells use oxygen to convert food - primarily carbohydrates and (blank) into energy






18. Over (blank) is a good thing. it is how muscles get stronger. overuse is a bad thing. it could lead to an injury






19. 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)






20. Is defined as range of motion around a joint - measured in degrees - measured by how far you can stretch around a joint






21. 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






22. 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)






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






24. We are mostly water; we are 60% water. Our brains are (blank) %. Next to air - water is the most essential element for survival






25. If your goal is to maintain your present level of cardio-respiratory fitness - you should do an aerobic work out (blank) times a week.






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






27. The warm-up phase of the class is designed to gradually increase body temperature and blood flow to the muscles and joints - thus decreasing the chances of (blank)






28. If your goal is to develop greater cardio-respiratory fitness - you should do aerobic fitness training (blank) times a week.






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Every gram of carbohydrates gives us 4 calories. every gram of fat gives us (blank) calories






35. Using cupped hands or fists?






36. 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






37. Protein aids in the in the formation the body's chemical processes and is a major constituent of the immune system - but its primary function is the (blank and blank) of cells






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Our cells use oxygen to convert food - primarily carbohydrates and (blank) into energy






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






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






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






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






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






48. What is your water aerobics training range for a 10-second period?






49. 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.






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?