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






2. 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)






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






4. As you do the movement patterns - you should be sure not to fling your arms and legs around. there are specific start and (blank) positions for them -






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






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






7. The fat-soluble vitamins are vitamins (blank - blank - blank - and blank)






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






9. Name 3 foods that are rich sources of calcium






10. (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.






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






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






13. 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)






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






15. To do this - we need to (blank) our muscles






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






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






18. 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)






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






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






21. Using cupped hands or fists?






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






23. 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?






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






25. (blank) are our back-up energy source.






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






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






28. It's a good idea to breathe through your nose as much as possible - because that way you increase (blank)






29. During the first 20 minutes of vigorous - sustained activity - your primary energy gradually shifts from (blank) to (blank)






30. BMR stands for






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






32. Name 3 foods that are rich sources of calcium






33. Fats are essential to a healthy body. They insulate body from cold and they provide a protective layer around (blank)






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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?






40. 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






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






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






43. Cardio-respiratory fitness is the ability of the (blank) (blank) and (blank) to deliver enough food and oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity






44. If you are doing serious muscle strengthening - you should let your muscles rest for (blank) hrs between work-outs






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






46. 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)






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






48. Using Straight limbs or bent?






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






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