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Kinesiology Strength Training

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1. Potential to alter gene expression






2. Which squat variation(s) is/are designed to increase your explosiveness in the squat






3. The warm up prepares the body for action. It is important for






4. Recommended hours of rest between plyometric sessions






5. A disadvantage of training with machine weights






6. Due to the mechanical loading and stress that it places on muscles and bones. However - the exercises must be intense enough to cause the bones to adapt






7. Exercises that allow a muscle to reach max strength in as short a time as possible






8. Bone adapts to mechanical stress or loading by increasing mineralization in a particular region of the bone to increase the strength of the bone to withstand the stress.


9. Failing to perform exercises correctly could lead to the load being placed on muscles and structures they are not meant to be - which could lead to






10. The regular increase in training that is required for improving performance is accomplished by changing






11. Spotting is especially important with the following types of exercises






12. Are able to generate more force than muscles with less angle






13. If you perform the same workouts day after day this will eventually lead to losing fitness






14. The warm up prepares the body for action. It is important for






15. Muscle makes up the walls of blood vessels and organs






16. The energy system that will primarily fuel your exercise will depend on






17. Free weights require the user to






18. Periodization limitation






19. Quality of the work done






20. Due to the mechanical loading and stress that it places on muscles and bones. However - the exercises must be intense enough to cause the bones to adapt






21. The shrinking of muscles from disuse






22. According to Brooks - Fahey - and White - the factors that influence a muscle's ability to undergo growth are






23. When training for hypertrophy - you should only get how much rest between each set?






24. When one cannot perform more repetitions - or when he or she cannot increase the weight - then the exercises should be






25. Can actually decrease performance on strength and power activities






26. When training for strength - How many repetitions should be performed for each exercise set






27. Exercise enhances the quantity and activation of the enzymes that control the anaerobic phase of






28. The better well-rounded an athlete is in terms of physical skills and in terms of fitness - the faster he or she will master new skills and the faster he or she will recover from the training process






29. Training must be increased regularly for performance to improve.






30. When training for hypertrophy - How many repetitions should be done of each set of an exercise






31. Exercises that allow a muscle to reach max strength in as short a time as possible






32. When training for hypertrophy you should perform How many sets of each exercise






33. Ability to apply a maximum force in a minimal time






34. When training for endurance you should do How many sets of each exercise?






35. Provide a greater transfer of __________________ to athletic or ergonomic tasks than machine weights.






36. When performing a squat - depth of the squat will determine






37. The primary purpose of spotting






38. One disadvantage of free weights






39. Allows one a chance to recover from the previous phases of training






40. Exercise enhances the quantity and activation of the enzymes that control the anaerobic phase of






41. Plyometrics training takes advantage of two physiological features in the human body






42. Strength and conditioning is thought to enhance the resting levels of anaerobic substances. This means that there is more fuel on hand for






43. The purpose of cool-down






44. According to Brooks - Fahey - and White - the factors that influence a muscle's ability to undergo growth are






45. Plyometrics training takes advantage of two physiological features in the human body






46. Carefully and methodically increasing the athlete's fitness over time seeks to insure that athletes do not become






47. What were the technique errors that the book said to watch out for when performing the squat






48. When training for strength - not counting warm-up sets - you should perform How many sets of each exercise






49. Training must be increased regularly for performance to improve.






50. When a muscle contracts it does not change length