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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. 'incomplete proteins' are all right to use - as long as you eat them in (blank) that provide all 9 essential amino acids






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






3. Calcium is best absorbed in the presence of which vitamin?






4. 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






5. 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.






6. LDL stands for






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






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






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






10. Your BMR increases as the amount of (blank) in your body increases






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. How much time should we spend on this in phase 3?






16. Vitamins are essential for the process of metabolism and for many other things. Some of the things they do are promote (blank) and form normal blood vessels






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






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






19. If your goal is to lose fat - you should do aerobic fitness training (blank) times a week.






20. Using cupped hands or fists?






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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?






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. A poorly conditioned heart has to pump (blank) often than a fit and strong heart






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 'incomplete proteins' are all right to use - as long as you eat them in (blank) that provide all 9 essential amino acids






46. The rest of the extra carbohydrates we eat are converted to (blank) and stored beneath the skin - around organs and in the abdominal cavity






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






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






49. Minerals are also used in metabolism - and help to form (blank and blank)






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