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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. If your goal is to develop greater cardio-respiratory fitness - you should do aerobic fitness training (blank) times a week.






2. If there is not enough calcium in the bloodstream to do this work - our bodies will (blank) it from our bones and teeth






3. The warm-up phase of the class is designed to gradually increase body temperature and blood flow to the muscles and joints - thus decreasing the chances of (blank)






4. If you are using the RPE as a way of judging your intensity level - where should you be at the peak of your water aerobics work out?






5. Is defined as range of motion around a joint - measured in degrees - measured by how far you can stretch around a joint






6. Cardio-respiratory fitness is the ability of the (blank) (blank) and (blank) to deliver enough food and oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity






7. We should drink 8-10 - 8-ounce glasses of water a day - not counting coffee - tea - alcohol or (blank) because they have substances that take water out of the body.






8. Eating too much protein can have harmful effects on your body. One is that it has an adverse effect on the body's absorption of (blank)






9. Some things can limit your flexibility. Among them are (blank) and large muscle development






10. Every gram of carbohydrates gives us 4 calories. every gram of fat gives us (blank) calories






11. 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






12. Our bodies use about (blank to blank) mg. of calcium per day - to make and repair bones - clot blood - regulate muscle contraction and relaxation and help the body absorb nutrients






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






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






15. If you are doing serious muscle strengthening - you should let your muscles rest for (blank) hrs between work-outs






16. (blank) is a fat-like substance manufactured in the liver. It can not be used as fuel






17. To prevent shin-splits - be sure to stretch your calves before and after exercising and






18. 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)






19. Your basal metabolic rate is the rate at which your body burns (blank) when your body is resting






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






21. If you have a muscle cramp - decrease your (blank). if it doesn't work - stretch that muscle by contracting the opposite muscle and then do a mild exercise with the cramped muscle.






22. In order to accomplish this - we have to (blank) the heart muscle






23. If you have a muscle cramp - decrease your (blank). if it doesn't work - stretch that muscle by contracting the opposite muscle and then do a mild exercise with the cramped muscle.






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






25. Our cells use oxygen to convert food - primarily carbohydrates and (blank) into energy






26. A number of 4 or lower is the preferred ratio of (blank) cholesterol to HDL






27. (blank) is a fat-like substance manufactured in the liver. It can not be used as fuel






28. During the first 20 minutes of vigorous - sustained activity - your primary energy gradually shifts from (blank) to (blank)






29. Our bodies contain about 2 1/2 pounds of calcium - 99% of it in the (blank and blank)






30. We are mostly water; we are 60% water. Our brains are (blank) %. Next to air - water is the most essential element for survival






31. A safe - effective way to do that is to work in your (blank)






32. It takes _ - ounces of water to metabolize a single ounce of alcohol.






33. Most 'complete proteins' which contain all 9 of those amino acids - come from (blank)






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






35. When stretching your leg muscles - be sure your knee does not extend beyond your (blank)






36. If your goal is to maintain your present level of cardio-respiratory fitness - you should do an aerobic work out (blank) times a week.






37. There are several things you can do to increase your bone bulk at your age. the 2 most important are (blank) activities and eating plenty of calcium






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






39. When you do one movement for a chorus and different movements for the verses of a song - you are using the (blank) method






40. To prevent shin-splits - be sure to stretch your calves before and after exercising and






41. When you do one movement for a chorus and different movements for the verses of a song - you are using the (blank) method






42. Using Straight limbs or bent?






43. There are several things you can do to increase your bone bulk at your age. the 2 most important are (blank) activities and eating plenty of calcium






44. The (blank) phase of a water aerobics class is designed to improve cardio-respiratory capacity






45. Which makes your heart work harder-working in shallow water or deep?






46. Where you store fat is largely determined by heredity. How much fat you store is completely determined by you and is function of how much you (blank and blank)






47. Your basal metabolic rate is the rate at which your body burns (blank) when your body is resting






48. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






49. You should stretch to the point where you feel (blank) but not pain






50. (blank) tissue uses up a lot of calories just to exist - while fatty tissue uses hardly any. One additional pound of muscle requires 35 to 50 additional calories per day.