WEIGHT TRAINING FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Spending a few hours a week working out will give you what? - ANS fit and healthy body, and
increased strength that will carry over to different activities
Weight training isn't enough to obtain optimal health and fitness. You program should also
include what? - ANS proper nutrition, good health habits and exercise for endurance strength
and flexibility
Muscle makes up over how much percentage of your body mass? - ANS 40%
Strength training decreases what with aging? - ANS bone loss
Active people have ______ bones. - ANS denser
The higher your muscle mass, the more what? - ANS the more calories you burn every day
Strength training makes what less susceptible to injury? - ANS muscles, tendons and
ligaments
Weak people use a greater percentage of what compared to strong people? This compromises
their ____ - ANS their strength, endurance
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, Weight training improves coordination between what? - ANS the nervous and muscular
systems
What are three factors that determine your strength-gaining potential? - ANS genetics,
gender, and training program
What determines the number of muscle fibers and fiber types within each muscle? -
ANS genes
What determines how well your nervous system coordinates muscle function, body size and
bone length? - ANS genes
Men and women gain strength at the same rate, but men are considerably _____ than women
due to their ____ ____ _____. - ANS stronger, larger muscle mass
There are changes during the first six weeks of your training program. What is an example of
this? - ANS your nervous system improves its ability to use muscle fibers to exert force
There are changes during the first six weeks of your training program. But what happens after
those six weeks? - ANS changes in muscle cells themselves will occur and thus the way the
muscle looks
True or False? There is such thing as spot reducing. - ANS False
What is this false "spot reducing" - ANS exercising a body part to reduce fat in the area
If you stop training, muscles do not turn to fat, but what happens? - ANS you are losing
muscle mass and gaining body fat
What is overtraining? - ANS an imbalance between training and recovery
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Spending a few hours a week working out will give you what? - ANS fit and healthy body, and
increased strength that will carry over to different activities
Weight training isn't enough to obtain optimal health and fitness. You program should also
include what? - ANS proper nutrition, good health habits and exercise for endurance strength
and flexibility
Muscle makes up over how much percentage of your body mass? - ANS 40%
Strength training decreases what with aging? - ANS bone loss
Active people have ______ bones. - ANS denser
The higher your muscle mass, the more what? - ANS the more calories you burn every day
Strength training makes what less susceptible to injury? - ANS muscles, tendons and
ligaments
Weak people use a greater percentage of what compared to strong people? This compromises
their ____ - ANS their strength, endurance
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, Weight training improves coordination between what? - ANS the nervous and muscular
systems
What are three factors that determine your strength-gaining potential? - ANS genetics,
gender, and training program
What determines the number of muscle fibers and fiber types within each muscle? -
ANS genes
What determines how well your nervous system coordinates muscle function, body size and
bone length? - ANS genes
Men and women gain strength at the same rate, but men are considerably _____ than women
due to their ____ ____ _____. - ANS stronger, larger muscle mass
There are changes during the first six weeks of your training program. What is an example of
this? - ANS your nervous system improves its ability to use muscle fibers to exert force
There are changes during the first six weeks of your training program. But what happens after
those six weeks? - ANS changes in muscle cells themselves will occur and thus the way the
muscle looks
True or False? There is such thing as spot reducing. - ANS False
What is this false "spot reducing" - ANS exercising a body part to reduce fat in the area
If you stop training, muscles do not turn to fat, but what happens? - ANS you are losing
muscle mass and gaining body fat
What is overtraining? - ANS an imbalance between training and recovery
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