Chapter 16

Question 1

How many hours of daily physical activity should children/adolescents get compared to adults?

Answer 1

one more hour

Question 2

Children do not produce high levels of ____ and cannot maintain high intensity exercise as well.

Answer 2

glycolytic enzymes

Question 3

Children do not show a plateau in ___.

Answer 3

oxygen uptake

Question 4

Children are less ___ as they usually exercise at a high percentage of peak oxygen uptake while performing a sub maximal exercise.

Answer 4

efficient

Question 5

Children that have never trained can increase their strength by __to ___ % in as little as eight weeks.

Answer 5

30-40

Question 6

True or False: Resistance training is not effective or safe for children and adolescents.

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

How many sets / reps, and at what intensity and frequency is prime for youth resistance training?

Answer 7

1-2 sets; 8-12 reps; 40-70% 1RM; 2-3 days/week

Question 8

True or False: seniors that do not have a history of chronic conditions respond very similarly to healthy young adults in regards to exercise? 1

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Degenerative aging primarily effects ___ as one of the most essential functional activities.

Answer 9

walking

Question 10

True or False: Losing musculoskeletal tissue is completely age-related.

Answer 10

FALSE

Question 11

How many sets / reps, and at what intensity and frequency is prime for senior resistance training?

Answer 11

1-3 sets; 8-20 reps; 40-80% 1RM; 3-5 days/week.

Question 12

True or False: core training is unnecessary for obese clients.

Answer 12

FALSE

IT IS CRUCIAL!!

Question 13

___ are a good option for training obese clients as opposed to machine or free weights.

Answer 13

resistance bands

Question 14

How many sets / reps, and at what frequency is prime for obese resistance training?

Answer 14

1-3 sets; 10-15 reps; 2-3 days per week

Question 15

Similar to that of obese clients, for clients with diabetes, lower ___ exercises should be used

Answer 15

impact

Question 16

Be aware of foot microtrauma and blisters (infection) for clients with ___.

Answer 16

diabetes

Question 17

The biggest goal for clients with diabetes is ___.

Answer 17

glucose control

Question 18

True or False: exercise improves insulin sensitivity.

Answer 18

TRUE

esp people with type II diabetes

Question 19

True or false: one’s body position can have strong effects on the bp of your client both during and after the session.

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

For clients with hypertension, you should avoid ____, and prevent them from clenching their fist or ovvrgripping weights.

Answer 20

Heavy lifting

Question 21

Avoid prolonged concentric and eccentric action for clients with ____.

Answer 21

hypertension

Question 22

It can be helpful to use the ___ ___ fitness assessment for clients with hypertension.

Answer 22

talk test