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






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






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






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






5. 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)






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






7. Minerals are found in many different foods - and if you eat a variety of foods you are apt to get enough of them - with the exception of one mineral - called (blank)






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






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






10. To do this - we need to (blank) our muscles






11. 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?






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






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






14. 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






15. (blank) exercise is the best kind to do if you want to lose body fat






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






17. 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






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






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






20. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






21. People in their 20's should eat (blank to blank) mg. of calcium a day






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






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






24. When we go from station to station - doing a different movement at each one - we are using the (blank) method






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






26. 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






27. Fruits and vegetables of what 2 colors are especially high in vitamins?






28. 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






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






30. Minerals are found in many different foods - and if you eat a variety of foods you are apt to get enough of them - with the exception of one mineral - called (blank)






31. When we go from station to station - doing a different movement at each one - we are using the (blank) method






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






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






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






35. There are 13 vitamins. Some are (blank) - soluble and some are water soluble. If you get too much of the (blank) soluble ones - they can accumulate and become toxic






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. (blank) exercise is the best kind to do if you want to lose body fat






43. It also gives you better (blank) and more graceful movements






44. 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






45. (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.






46. Complex carbohydrates - preferably whole grain - should make-up (blank) % of our daily calorie intake






47. 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?






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






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






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