ISSA Bodybuilding exam questions and answers 2024/2025 updated

This type of muscle blends into tendinous insertions that attached to bones pulling them which produces the desired movement - ANSWERS Skeletal Muscle Muscles are connected the bones by what - ANSWERS tendons What type of muscle fibers is referred to as couch potato fibers - ANSWERS IIX Bodybuilders practice muscle confusion because - ANSWERS Not all motor units are activated in a movement What factor does not induce muscle hypertrophy - ANSWERS Caloric restriction What muscle fibers are recruited first in any given movement - ANSWERS Slow twitch What type of muscle fibers are highly resistant to fatigue - ANSWERS Slow twitch When a prime mover muscle contracts, the opposite muscle relaxes. This is known as - ANSWERS Reciprocal innervation _________ is a decrease in the angle between two body segments - ANSWERS Flexion Adduction is the movement of a body segment away from the midline - ANSWERS False Which plane divides the body into right and left portions - ANSWERS Sagittal plane Which plane of motion does hip abduction occurring - ANSWERS Frontal plane During a biceps curl, the triceps act as a blank - ANSWERS Antagonist A prime mover is the muscle that produces the most forced to move a bone during a given movement - ANSWERS True The mechanical advantage of a muscle is greatest when the angle of Pull - ANSWERS 90 degrees The biceps curl is an example of which type of lever - ANSWERS Third class lever The three kinds of limit strength include all of the following except - ANSWERS Strength endurance Front squats put a special emphasis on which of the following - ANSWERS Quads What angle seems to be the most effective for decline bench presses - ANSWERS 20 - 25° The conventional deadlifts variation will be of greater benefit to most bodybuilders - ANSWERS True Incline presses show greater activation then flat bench presses do in the upper pectoral region - ANSWERS True This squatting variation was introduced to readers by John McCollum in a 1970 strength and health magazine - ANSWERS Dip belt squat Which type of strength is the foundation for all athletic endeavors - ANSWERS Limit strength What squatting variation has shown the greatest EMG activity in the glutes - ANSWERS Zercher squats Blank are needed for supernatural development in certain areas and to bring up weaknesses through the overload principle of isolation - ANSWERS Isolation exercises Most exercises should be performed through a full range of motion - ANSWERS True What repetition range has generally been shown to produce the greatest level of muscle hypertrophy - ANSWERS 6-15 repetitions Blank is a technique for a valuating and recording the electrical activity produced during involuntary contractions by skeletal muscles - ANSWERS Electromyography Compound exercises elicit a greater response of anabolic hormones in isolation exercises do - ANSWERS True Blank is the weight lifted multiply by the distance it is lifted multiplied by the number of repetitions - ANSWERS Mechanical work Which factors contribute to muscle hypertrophy - ANSWERS Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage, ( all of the above) Which intensity range has generally been shown to reduce the greatest level of muscle hypertrophy - ANSWERS 65% to 85% 1 RM