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1. Smooth - cardiac and skeletal






2. Give us energy - every grain of carb gives us 4 calories 9 fat calories - broken down into sugars - then enters the blood stream - stored in liver or muscles or is used up.






3. Which kind of goal is more sensible (SMART) when one is beginning to make a change in lifestyle






4. Fat - located under the skin. skinfold measures - can be used to estimate body fatness; waist to hip circumference ratio - can be an indicator.






5. Will not eat any thing that has to do with animals - they also dont buy leather. need to know food chemistry from incomplete amino acids. Good (in)complete = rice - beans - soy beans - nuts veggies; need to make sure they get enough B12 calcium and V






6. When you press your palms together in front of your chest as hard as you can - that is an example of which kind of exercise






7. What is the average resting heart rate in the US






8. How many vitamins are there?






9. What do ligaments connect to






10. How often per year does the heart beat in a normal person?






11. Each additional pound of muscle you build increases your basal metabolic rate by How many calories per day.






12. If a 150lb woman can lift her weight - and a 200 lbs man can lift his weight they are said to have the same what






13. What is a normal healthy blood pressure






14. Muscles are exercised at levels beyond their normal use.






15. Cant make them in our body - good for our brain - liver and kidney reduce growth sunflower - soy beans - and corn






16. 24 - 48 hours after the exercise.






17. Which kind of PRE is used when you do lunges with no free weights






18. How much blood is in our body?






19. In a single day How many gallons of blood does the heart pump






20. A hormone that makes you feel full; plays a crucial role in altering appetite and in speeding up or slowing down the metabolism. some people are resistant to this because of genetics






21. Why is the 'heart rate reserve method -' of calculating training pulse rate considered more accurate than the 'percentage of maximum heart rate' method






22. Muscle fitness (endurance and strength) - cardiovascular - flexibility and body composition






23. Stage 1 hypertension is present if your blood pressure is equal to or greater than what systolic and what diastolic number.






24. The oxygen-carrying protein (molecule) of red blood cells






25. Isotonic muscle contractions in which the muscle gets longer as it contracts that is - when a weight is gradually lowered and the contracting muscle gets longer as it gives up tension. also called negative exercise.






26. Food to which nutrients are added in amounts greater than what would naturally occur in the food






27. Benefit performance in sports - injury prevention -






28. Where are those minerals stored first.






29. What does MET stand for






30. Primary sources come from animals. dietary fats that are usually solid at room temperature and come primarily from animal sources; excessive fat particularly this kind can lead to atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease and breast - prostate and colon






31. Percentage of fat in diet






32. A training technique used to develop explosive power. It consists of isotonic -concentric muscle contractions performed after a prestretch or an eccentric contraction of a muscle; greater stimulus to their muscles and improve their body's ability to






33. Zinc - it is a component of every living cell - it is used for enzyme reactions - blood clotting - taste - vision - wound healing. good immune system function - maybe that is covered under - good sources are oysters - red meat - and poultry. skip cop






34. ADEK - if they stay around too much they could damage organs; stored in fat cells. Vitamin A - milk - cheese - fruits and eggs and veggies - Vitamin D - important (extremely) bones helps absorbs calcium in bones; milks and eggs and sunlight salmon -






35. These conditions are caused by inactivity - and account for a large percentage of our health care costs.






36. Calories per gram Carbs






37. 5 organs or systems all be fit; heart - lungs - blood vessels - blood and muscles






38. Helps assess the intensity of aerobic physical activity. scale ranges from 6 (very very light) to 20 (very very hard) and has 1-point increments in between. can also be used to define target zone for exercise intensity






39. If you are using the HIT method of training you would normally do How many repetitions per set






40. Recommended frequency for flexibility exercises - and What is the minimum






41. A dark-colored adipose tissue with many blood vessels - involved in the rapid production of heat in hibernating animals and human babies






42. Magnesium - only need 1 oz or less - compared with 3lbs of calcium - but it is needed for over 300 chemical reactions that keep us alive. more than half our magnesium is in our bones - Calcium gives bones strength; magnesium gives bones elasticity -






43. Some arsenic is found in these - (how big in country - draw backs of drinking bottled water)






44. I have been doing 2 sets of 8 reps each with 8-lb. weights - how might I apply the principle of progression






45. How much bottled water is said to come from the same sources as municipal water.






46. For metabolic syndrome - What is considered high for triglycerides






47. When muscles are working what percent of blood flow do they receive






48. When there is both an concentric and eccentric contraction what type of PRE is it?






49. Has been shown to help improve balance and mobility in the elderly. It is used in rehabilitation and in specialized training regiments for sports.






50. Type of muscle contraction in which the muscle remains the same length. Also known as static contraction.