ch 6 Flashcards
Muscles that assist the prime movers
synergist
What are the four skin-fold sites tested when using the durnin-womersley formula for body fat assessment
Biceps, triceps, subscapular, iliac crest
What is the amount of time recovery pulse is taken after completing the YMCA 3-min step test
within 5 seconds of competing the exercise, take the client’s pulse for 60 seconds
What is the waist-to-hip ration for males and females that puts them at a greater risk for disease
a ratio greater than 0.95 for males and greater than 0.80 for females
Risk for disease when an overweight person’s BMI test is…
25 or greater
On which clients should health and fitness professionals avoid the use of skin-fold calipers to measure body fat
Very overweight clients
Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distorting in body tissue
Mechanoreceptors
Receptors sensitive to change in tension of the muscles and the rate of that change
golgi tendon organs
Receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the rate of that change
muscle spindles
What is the level that a client is instructed to squat to when performing the Overhead Squat assessment
Height of a chair
