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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Name 3 foods that are rich sources of calcium






10. 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)






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. A number of 4 or lower is the preferred ratio of (blank) cholesterol to HDL






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






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






19. 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






20. 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)






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Using cupped hands or fists?






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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)






37. The 4 factors that you must consider in planning a fitness program are (blank) - (blank) - (blank) - (blank)






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






39. BMR stands for






40. The 4 factors that you must consider in planning a fitness program are (blank) - (blank) - (blank) - (blank)






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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