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






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






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






5. 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






6. Every gram of carbohydrates gives us 4 calories. every gram of fat gives us (blank) calories






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. Using Straight limbs or bent?






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. While in the (blank) method we spend 3 to 4 minutes on each movement.






19. The body composition you have is a result of the number of calories taken in and the number of (blank) used






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. 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)






22. 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)






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






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