personal fitness

Question 1

Beginners, light weight with high reps and short intervals

Answer 1

Muscular endurance

Question 2

Strength gains, moderate weight with moderate reps and moderate intervals

Answer 2

Muscular strength

Question 3

Muscular gains, high weight with low reps and long rest intervals

Answer 3

Muscle power

Question 4

Experiences lifers, high weight and low reps with moderate rest intervals

Answer 4

Individualized strength training programs

Question 5

Using oxygen

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Aerobic

Question 6

Activities using large muscle groups at moderate intensities that permit the body to use oxygen to supply energy to maintain a steady state for more than a few minutes

Answer 6

Aerobic activities

Question 7

The ability to continue anaerobic activity over a period of time

Answer 7

Aerobic endurance

Question 8

Not using oxygen

Answer 8

Anaerobic

Question 9

Activities using muscle groups at high intensities that exceed the body’s capacity to use oxygen to supply energy and create and oxygen debt by using energy produced without oxygen

Answer 9

Anaerobic activities

Question 10

Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels

Answer 10

Cardiovascular

Question 11

A series of exercises, performed one after the other, with little rest between. Resistance training in this manner increases strength while making some contribution to cardiovascular endurance as well. (It remains controversial as to whether a significant cardiovascular benefit will be achieved in the absence of very consistent motivation or close supervision of the sessions.)

Answer 11

Circuit training

Question 12

A gradual reduction of the intensity of exercise to allow physiological process to return to normal. Helps avoid blood pooling in the legs and may reduce muscular soreness

Answer 12

Cool down

Question 13

The condition resulting from the excessive loss of body water

Answer 13

Dehydration

Question 14

The capacity to continue a physical performance over a period of time

Answer 14

Endurance

Question 15

The capacity to produce work

Answer 15

Energy

Question 16

Physical exertion of sufficient intensity, duration and frequency to achieve or maintain fitness, or other health or athletic objectives

Answer 16

Exercise

Question 17

A loss of power to continue a given level of physical performance

Answer 17

Fatigue

Question 18

The state of well-being consisting of optimum levels of strength, flexibility, weight control, cardiovascular capacity and positive physical and mental health behaviors, that prepare a person to participate fully in life, to be free from controllable health-risk factors and to achieve physical objectives consistent with his/her potential.

Answer 18

Fitness

Question 19

Measuring the indications of the various aspects of fitness

Answer 19

Fitness testing

Question 20

The range of motion around a joint

Answer 20

Flexibility

Question 21

How often a person repeats a complete exercise session

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Frequency

Question 22

Number of heartbeats per minute

Answer 22

Heart rate

Question 23

The rate of performing work; power. A function of energy output per unit of time.

Answer 23

Intensity

Question 24

An exercise session in which the intensity and duration of exercise are consciously alternated between harder and easier work. Often used to improve aerobic capacity and/or anaerobic endurance in exercisers who already have a base of endurance training.

Answer 24

Interval training

Question 25

The fibrous, connective tissue that connects bone to bone, or bone to cartilage, to hold together and support joints.

Answer 25

Ligament

Question 26

The total of all the chemical and physical processes by which the body builds and maintains itself and by which it breaks down its substances for the production of energy.

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Metabolism

Question 27

Food and its specific elements and compounds that can be used by the body to build and maintain itself and to produce energy.

Answer 27

Nutrients

Question 28

Excessive accumulation of body fat.

Answer 28

Obesity

Question 29

The maximum resistance with which a person can execute one repetition of an exercise movement. See repetition.

Answer 29

One rep max

Question 30

Specific muscles that act together at the same joint to produce a movement.

Answer 30

Muscle group

Question 31

The physiological contribution to wellness through exercise and nutrition behaviors that maintain high aerobic capacity, balance body composition and adequate strength and flexibility to minimize risk of chronic health problems and to enhance the enjoyment of life.

Answer 31

Physical fitness

Question 32

A type of exercise that suddenly preloads and forces the stretching of a muscle an instant prior to its concentric action.

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Plyometric

Question 33

Work performed per unit of time. Measured by the formula: work equal force times distance divided by time. A combination of strength and speed.

Answer 33

Power

Question 34

An individual completed exercise movement. Repetitions are usually done in multiples.

Answer 34

Repetition

Question 35

The force which a muscle is required to work against.

Answer 35

Resistance

Question 36

A group of repetitions of an exercise movement done consecutively, without rest, until a given number, or momentary exhaustion, is reached.

Answer 36

Set

Question 37

A stretching or tearing of ligaments.

Answer 37

Sprain

Question 38

Stretching or tearing of a musculotendinous unit

Answer 38

Strain

Question 39

The amount of muscular force that can be exerted.

Answer 39

Strength

Question 40

Lengthening a muscle to its maximum extension; moving a joint to the limits of extension.

Answer 40

Stretching

Question 41

The heart rate at which one aims to exercise.

Answer 41

Target heart rate (THR)

Question 42

The fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

Answer 42

Tendon

Question 43

Inflammation of a tendon.

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Tendonitis

Question 44

A gradual increase in the intensity of exercise to allow physiological processes to prepare for greater energy outputs.

Answer 44

Warm up

Question 45

A complete exercise session, ideally consisting of warm-up, intense aerobic and/or strength exercises, and cool down.

Answer 45

Workout