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Resistance Training Concepts

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. to surpass the MES - an exercise must be ____ _____






2. fascia






3. volume-related overtraining shows: (3)






4. insulin rates ________ blood glucose and amino acid changes






5. high correlations between ____ ______ and ______ _______ concentrations have been shown






6. ______ bone may be more responsive to osteogenic stimuli than ______ bone






7. A syndrome that shows the kinetic chain responds and adapts to imposed demands.






8. programs designed to stimulate bone growth need to incorporate: (6)






9. coaches need to examine the athlete's _____ and _____ performance abiliites to ensure overtraining in any one parameter does not occur






10. AR: (reacts with ______ and _______ ________)






11. supercompensation effect






12. reflex potentiation is increased by____ to ____ % w/resistance training






13. The specific muscular exercises using different weights and movements that are performed to increase strength or endurance in certain body parts.






14. increased ventilation efficiency is characterized by a reduced






15. the conterpart to IFG-I produced in skeletal muscle in response to mechanical loading






16. ______ ______ makes osteoblasts migreate to the surface and begin _____ _______






17. After a muscle size increase - _________neural activation/muscle fibers are needed to lift the same load






18. blood vessels from the _____ ______ extend into the dense cortical bone






19. ncrease nearal drive comes from (3)






20. bone matrix






21. increased ventilation efficiency is characterized by a reduced






22. blood vessels from the _____ ______ extend into the dense cortical bone






23. parasympathetic overtraining is...






24. high correlations between ____ ______ and ______ _______ concentrations have been shown






25. cholesterol changes?






26. RT increases the angle of _______ in _______ muscels






27. bundles of collagen fibers are arranged in ______ ______ to provide resistance to forces from ______ _______






28. Type _____ muscle fiber manifest greater increases in size than type ____ - Ie athletes w/more _____ have greater potential to increase muscle mass






29. A prolonged intolerable strssor produces fatigue and leads to a breakdown in the system or injury






30. intensity-related overtraining shows...






31. acute anaerobic exercise significantly increases cardiovascular responses especially if the _______ _______ is used






32. body builders peak ____ ________output and _____ ________ are significantly greater than powerlifters






33. metabolic factors include...






34. due to muscle size increase - ________ _______ decreases






35. The ability to exert maximal force in the shortest amount of time.






36. movement of a joint creates pressure in the joint capsule that drive _________ from the _______ _______ towards the __________ ___________of the joint






37. heavy RT ___________ blood flow to the working muscles






38. immobilization of a joint...






39. AR: (reacts with ______ and _______ ________)






40. the onset of muscle hypertrophy is associated w/ increases in EMG - T/F?






41. anaerobic training increases the _____ of the NMJ






42. Increased functional capacity to adapt to the stressor such as increasing motor unit recruitment






43. Bilateral deficit






44. stress fractures are ___ ______ and are caused by ____ ______






45. ligaments contain elastic fibers or ______






46. major difference between resistance and aerobic exercise (in regards to the heart)...






47. force transmission per unit of strain - or tendon elongation...






48. selective recruitment






49. EMG studies show increases in _____ ______ but not the ____ ______






50. recent study shown that RT can hinder ________ improvements