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Water Aerobics

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






2. The part of a water aerobics work-out that is designed to develop muscular endurance is called the (blank) phase






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






4. 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.






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






6. Some of the carbohydrates we eat that are not immediately needed by the cells for metabolism are stored in the muscles and the liver to be available when needed for energy. they are stored in a very easily-used from called (blank)






7. 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)






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






9. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






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






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






12. (blank) stretches are those that involve bouncing to improve your range of motion. They are not generally recommended.






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






14. 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)






15. 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?






16. By the time you feel thirsty - you are already






17. (blank) are our primary and most efficient energy source






18. 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






19. While in the (blank) method we spend 3 to 4 minutes on each movement.






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






21. How long should you stay low end 30 mins high end (blank) mins






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Our bodies are constantly building and tearing down bone. until around age 25-35 the net result is bone growth - then our bones gradually begin to (blank) in size and strength unless we actively do things counteract this process.






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






31. 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?






32. 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)






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






34. There are 4 kinds of flexibility exercises. the 2 that are most useful for ordinary people are dynamic range of motion and (blank)






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






36. Doing flexibility exercises also helps to reduce (blank) and relax tense muscles - making you more comfortable and less prone to tension headaches - neckaches and backaches






37. If your goal is to maintain or increase your cardio -respiratory fitness level - you should try to stay in your target zone for at least (blank) minutes






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






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






40. Final stretches - designed to increase your flexibility - should be held for (blank) seconds






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






42. 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)






43. 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






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






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






46. Of the 20 amino acids we need - we can manufacture 11 in our bodies.The other 9 are called the (blank)






47. If you have a groin injury - take it easy when we do






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






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






50. 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.