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Water Aerobics

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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. Two indications that your cardio-respiratory system is getting stronger are blood pressure and (blank) time after exercise goes down






2. Simple carbohydrate - found in sugar - should make up no more than (blank) % of our daily calorie intake






3. According to the Water aerobics mantra - your shoulders should be






4. Vitamin C is a (blank) - soluble vitamin






5. Before you do aerobic activity or a serious flexibility workout - you should (blank) your muscles






6. Using cupped hands or fists?






7. Four kinds of fats should be avoided if possible. One is trans fats - sometimes called transfatty acids. The other three are trans fat - hydrogenated oil - and (blank-blank) oil






8. To improve muscle fitness - you must increase the demand on your muscles. this can be done using body weight - free weights - machines or






9. The aerobic workout should be designed to improve (blank) capacity






10. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






11. Those substances that leach water from the body are sugar - caffeine and (blank)






12. Whole grain foods - such as brown rice and whole wheat bread - give us the added benefit of fiber which slows down the digestive process - keeping our (blank) more even






13. In the (blank) method of teaching water aerobics - we go back over a list of movements again and again -






14. An aerobic fitness program strengthens the heart - increases the rate of oxygen delivery to the cells and reduces the risk of (blank) diseases.






15. As a general rule - fats that are liquid at room temperature are better for us than those that are (blank)






16. Excess water-soluble vitamins are flushed from the body in the (blank)






17. LDL stands for






18. Having good flexibility helps you avoid (blank)






19. The body composition you have is a result of the number of calories taken in and the number of (blank) used






20. To lose fat but retain muscle - you should: increase your exercise both aerobic and strengthening and also decrease your food intake especially (blank - blank and blank)






21. The final - stretching - phase works on our (blank)






22. Good activities for cardio-respiratory work-outs include (balnk) and (blank)






23. Body composition refers to the % of (blank) in your body






24. CRP stands for (blank). it is a measure of a person's risk for rupturing a cardiac artery or heart attack






25. To improve muscle fitness - you must increase the demand on your muscles. this can be done using body weight - free weights - machines or






26. You should land on your toes - but then roll onto your






27. Excess water-soluble vitamins are flushed from the body in the (blank)






28. If you were planning a water aerobics class - how much time should you allow for the stretching phase of the lesson?






29. Using cupped hands or fists?






30. The nine amino acids that we cannot manufacture are called the essential amino acids because we must get them from (blank)






31. CRP stands for (blank). it is a measure of a person's risk for rupturing a cardiac artery or heart attack






32. BMR stands for






33. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






34. Carbohydrates - fats - proteins - vitamins - minerals - and water






35. These stretches should be held for (blank) to (blank) seconds each






36. Over (blank) is a good thing. it is how muscles get stronger. overuse is a bad thing. it could lead to an injury






37. Protein should make up about 15-30% of our calorie intake each day. That translates into (blank) servings






38. Having a full range of motion around your joints also enables you to participate in (blank) and other physical activities with more success.






39. Name 3 foods that are rich sources of calcium






40. If you want to lose fat and you are using walking as your aerobic exercise - you should try to walk at a speed of (blank) MPH






41. When we calculated our training heart rate range - or zone - we subtracted .7 of our age from 198. If we were calculating our training range for land aerobics - we would use what figure instead of 198?






42. Carbohydrates - fats - proteins - vitamins - minerals - and water






43. (blank) are our back-up energy source.






44. Having a full range of motion around your joints also enables you to participate in (blank) and other physical activities with more success.






45. We have to eat so much more calcium than we use each day for 2 reasons. one is that we want to store calcium for those days when we dont consume enough. the other is that we do not absorb (blank) % of the calcium we eat






46. The 4 factors that you must consider in planning a fitness program are (blank) - (blank) - (blank) - (blank)






47. Fats are essential to a healthy body. They insulate body from cold and they provide a protective layer around (blank)






48. Should you keep your knee and elbow joints soft or locked?






49. Over (blank) is a good thing. it is how muscles get stronger. overuse is a bad thing. it could lead to an injury






50. It's a good idea to breathe through your nose as much as possible - because that way you increase (blank)