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Resistance Training Concepts

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






2. cholesterol changes?






3. osteogenic stiumuli






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






5. simultaneous _______ and _______ _______ training can decrease sprint and jump power






6. The ability of the neuromuscular system to provide internal tension and exert force against external resistance.






7. parent protein






8. Smaller muscles rely more on increased ____ _____ to enhance force production - larger muscles rely more on _________






9. yperplasia






10. supercompensation effect






11. with training and activation of high-threshold motor units there is a trainsition from type II___ to type II_____






12. fibrous cartilage






13. anaerobic training increases the _____ of the NMJ






14. Phosphagen system training involves work under ____ seconds and can get full recovery in _____ minutes.






15. RT increases: (4)






16. sympathetic overtraining is...






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






18. it takes ____ months or longer to increase BMD - however it only takes a _____ _______ to stimulate the release of osteogenesis substances into the blood






19. psychological factors: (12)






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






21. muscle fiber hypertrohy requires ______ workouts






22. cortical bone






23. work large muscles first in a workout =






24. due to muscle size increase - ________ _______ decreases






25. BMD






26. intensity-related overtraining shows...






27. recent study shown that RT can hinder ________ improvements






28. greater acute growth hormone response =






29. immobilization of a joint...






30. increased buffering capacity allows






31. ventilation is elevated during the set but _________ during the first minute of recovery






32. weightlifters show larger left atrial dimension than body-builders - T/F?






33. can happen in as little as _____ weeks (in trained athletes)






34. cartilage lacks it's own _____ ______ and gets oxygen and nutrients through ____ ______






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






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






37. use ______ excercises to directly load the ____ and the ______






38. primary structural component of all connective tissue...






39. endocrine adaptations and responses to anaerobic training: (4)






40. endocrine adaptations and responses to anaerobic training: (4)






41. sympathetic overtraining is...






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






43. stroke volume and cardiac output increase mostly during the ________ phase






44. ligaments contain elastic fibers or ______






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






46. become mineralized as calcium phosphate crystals or ________






47. immobilization of a joint...






48. neuromuscular junction (NMJ)






49. blood pressure response is higher in the ______ phase






50. The ability of the neuromuscular system to provide internal tension and exert force against external resistance.