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






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






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






4. 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






5. (blank) are our primary and most efficient energy source






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






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






8. 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?






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






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






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






12. 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)






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






14. 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)






15. Some of the carbohydrates we eat that are not immediately needed by the cells for metabolism are stored in the muscles and the liver to be available when needed for energy. they are stored in a very easily-used from called (blank)






16. 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






17. 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)






18. 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






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






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






21. Using Straight limbs or bent?






22. (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.






23. If you want to lose fat and you are using walking as your aerobic exercise - you should try to walk at a speed of (blank) MPH






24. 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.






25. 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?






26. Protein should make up about 15-30% of our calorie intake each day. That translates into (blank) servings






27. Those substances that leach water from the body are sugar - caffeine and (blank)






28. 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.






29. It also gives you better (blank) and more graceful movements






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Before you do aerobic activity or a serious flexibility workout - you should (blank) your muscles






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






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






39. When we go from station to station - doing a different movement at each one - we are using the (blank) method






40. It takes _ - ounces of water to metabolize a single ounce of alcohol.






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






42. Some of the carbohydrates we eat that are not immediately needed by the cells for metabolism are stored in the muscles and the liver to be available when needed for energy. they are stored in a very easily-used from called (blank)






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






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






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






46. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






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






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






49. 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






50. 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)