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






2. 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?






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






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






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






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






7. The aerobic workout should be designed to improve (blank) capacity






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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)






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. An aerobic fitness program strengthens the heart - increases the rate of oxygen delivery to the cells and reduces the risk of (blank) diseases.






21. 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






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






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






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






25. To improve muscle fitness - you must increase the demand on your muscles. this can be done using body weight - free weights - machines or






26. 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.






27. Lack of calcium causes insufficient bone density which can lead to a disease called (blank) also called brittle bone disease






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






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






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






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






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






33. If you were planning a water aerobics class - how much time should you allow for the stretching phase of the lesson?






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)






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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?






41. CRP stands for (blank). it is a measure of a person's risk for rupturing a cardiac artery or heart attack






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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)






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






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






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






50. BMR stands for