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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) 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.






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






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






4. Having a full range of motion around your joints also enables you to participate in (blank) and other physical activities with more success.






5. 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






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






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






8. 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)






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. When stretching your leg muscles - be sure your knee does not extend beyond your (blank)






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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 -






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






25. 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.






26. LDL stands for






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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)






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






35. 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)






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






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






38. BMR stands for






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






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






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






42. LDL stands for






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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)






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






50. 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