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Resistance Training Concepts

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Enlargement of skeletal muscle fibers in response to overcoming force from high volumes of tension.






2. glycogen content can rise as much as ______% after only 5 months of body-building style programs






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






4. selective recruitment






5. fibrous cartilage






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






7. increased buffering capacity allows






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






9. heavy RT ___________ blood flow to the working muscles






10. cartilage functions: (3)






11. MES






12. supercompensation effect






13. Anaerobic training






14. This can help power exercises because






15. receptors tend to ___________ over time when exposed consistently to high levels of hormones






16. become mineralized as calcium phosphate crystals or ________






17. excessive training on a short-term basis is called...






18. stresses the _____ energy system and results in increased ________ - may be involved in muscle growth






19. fascia






20. osteoblasts






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






22. Neural adaptaions begin in the






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






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






25. type IIx are ____ fibers and - as they become more oxidative - turn into __ - then _____ - __ - ___ - and lastly___. Type I starts w/Ic






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






27. heavy RT recruits more type ______muscle fibers than high intensity aerobic endurance interval training






28. cartilage functions: (3)






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






30. speed and power training depend on optimal...






31. intensity-related overtraining shows...






32. increase in muscle strenght or mass =






33. This can help power exercises because






34. _______ development is much more susceptible to negative affects of concurrent strength and aerobic endurance training than _______-_______ _______






35. type I for: _____ _______ ________ and type II for ______






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






37. protein synthesis is elevated up to _____ hours after acute RT






38. Mechanical factors include






39. The maximum force an individual's muscle can produce in a single voluntary effort - regardless of the rate of force production.






40. yogenesis






41. blood pressure response is higher in the ______ phase






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






43. parasympathetic overtraining is...






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






45. RT increases epinephrine - _______ & ________






46. neuromuscular junction (NMJ)






47. metabolic factors include...






48. Cross-education






49. Size principle






50. new bone is formed on the _______ - increasing diameter and strength