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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. 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)






2. 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 -






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Using Straight limbs or bent?






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






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






11. 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)






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. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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?






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






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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






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






27. Good activities for cardio-respiratory work-outs include (balnk) and (blank)






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






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






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






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






32. 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)






33. 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?






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






35. 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)






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Using Straight limbs or bent?






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






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






49. There are several things you can do to increase your bone bulk at your age. the 2 most important are (blank) activities and eating plenty of calcium






50. A poorly conditioned heart has to pump (blank) often than a fit and strong heart