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ANSWER:
a. to maintain cellular structure and function
Why do sedentary
,healthy adults require
EXPLANATION:
dietary proteins/amino
Protein is the primary structural and functional
acids to maintain good
component of every cell in the human body. Dietary
health?
proteins are used for growth and development and
to build and repair cells; they serve as enzymes,
a. to maintain cellular
transport carriers, and hormones. Therefore, dietary
structure and function
protein is essential for maintaining health,
reproduction, and cellular structure and function.
b. to prevent diseases
This applies to both active and sedentary
such as cancer
individuals.
c. to strengthen bones
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 9, pg 181-182
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ANSWER:
b. pectoralis major
EXPLANATION:
Which muscle is directly In the pec-deck movement, the idea is to create a
targeted during the pec- long level out of your arms, therefore putting more
deck? pressure on the primary and secondary muscles.
The pec-deck directly targets the pectoralis major,
a. deltoids and does so in a way different than a bench press
because the elbows are unlocked throughout the
b. pectoralis major whole range of motion. This length in the arms
makes the movement much harder. The deltoids and
c. triceps brachii triceps brachii are assistance muscles, working with
the pectoralis major to create the movement.
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 15, pg 376
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Which of the following ANSWER:
statements is true a. they are mechanoreceptors located within the
regarding Golgi tendon musculotendinous junction that are sensitive to
organs? tension and rate of tension change
a. they are EXPLANATION:
mechanoreceptors Golgitendonorgans (GTOs) are activated when the
located within the tendon attached to an active muscle is stretched. As
musculotendinous tension increases within a muscle, discharge of the
junction that are sensitive GTOs increases. They inhibit a motor neuron when
to tension and rate of muscle tension increases, and this inhibition is
tension change thought to provide a mechanism that protects
against the development of excessive tension.
b. they are
mechanoreceptors Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
located in joints Edition. Ch 1, pg 12
throughout the fibrous
capsule and ligaments
that respond to joint
position, movement, and
pressure change
c. they are major sensory
organs that are sensitive
to change in length and
rate of length change
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ANSWER:
c. presence of a duty
EXPLANATION:
Which of the following is
Negligence is a failure to act as a reasonable and
one of the elements that
prudent person would under similar circumstances.
must exist for a strength
Four elements must exist for negligence to be
and conditioning
proven: presence of a duty, breach of duty,
professional to be found
proximate cause and damages. To be proven
negligent?
negligent, the professional must have had a duty to
act and failed to do so, which is termed a breach of
a. presence of an effect
duty. In addition, a professional must act with the
appropriate level of care, and failure to do so must
b. presence of ab
have resulted in either physical injury or economic
obligation
damage because of the natural and continuous
sequence of reasonably foreseeable events
c. presence of a duty
(approximate cause).
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 24, pg 647
ANSWER:
When estimating 1RM for b. 5
power exercises, what is
the maximum number of EXPLANATION:
repetitions one can use Power exercises do not lend themselves well to
for estimation? multiple-RM testing above five repetitions for
repeated testing sets, because technique can
a. 8 deteriorate quickly. Other types of exercise can use
more than five repetitions. Using a 10RM load to
b. 5 predict 1RM is a common method.
c. 6 Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 17, pg 454
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Terms in this set (150)
ANSWER:
a. to maintain cellular structure and function
Why do sedentary
,healthy adults require
EXPLANATION:
dietary proteins/amino
Protein is the primary structural and functional
acids to maintain good
component of every cell in the human body. Dietary
health?
proteins are used for growth and development and
to build and repair cells; they serve as enzymes,
a. to maintain cellular
transport carriers, and hormones. Therefore, dietary
structure and function
protein is essential for maintaining health,
reproduction, and cellular structure and function.
b. to prevent diseases
This applies to both active and sedentary
such as cancer
individuals.
c. to strengthen bones
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 9, pg 181-182
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ANSWER:
b. pectoralis major
EXPLANATION:
Which muscle is directly In the pec-deck movement, the idea is to create a
targeted during the pec- long level out of your arms, therefore putting more
deck? pressure on the primary and secondary muscles.
The pec-deck directly targets the pectoralis major,
a. deltoids and does so in a way different than a bench press
because the elbows are unlocked throughout the
b. pectoralis major whole range of motion. This length in the arms
makes the movement much harder. The deltoids and
c. triceps brachii triceps brachii are assistance muscles, working with
the pectoralis major to create the movement.
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 15, pg 376
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Which of the following ANSWER:
statements is true a. they are mechanoreceptors located within the
regarding Golgi tendon musculotendinous junction that are sensitive to
organs? tension and rate of tension change
a. they are EXPLANATION:
mechanoreceptors Golgitendonorgans (GTOs) are activated when the
located within the tendon attached to an active muscle is stretched. As
musculotendinous tension increases within a muscle, discharge of the
junction that are sensitive GTOs increases. They inhibit a motor neuron when
to tension and rate of muscle tension increases, and this inhibition is
tension change thought to provide a mechanism that protects
against the development of excessive tension.
b. they are
mechanoreceptors Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
located in joints Edition. Ch 1, pg 12
throughout the fibrous
capsule and ligaments
that respond to joint
position, movement, and
pressure change
c. they are major sensory
organs that are sensitive
to change in length and
rate of length change
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ANSWER:
c. presence of a duty
EXPLANATION:
Which of the following is
Negligence is a failure to act as a reasonable and
one of the elements that
prudent person would under similar circumstances.
must exist for a strength
Four elements must exist for negligence to be
and conditioning
proven: presence of a duty, breach of duty,
professional to be found
proximate cause and damages. To be proven
negligent?
negligent, the professional must have had a duty to
act and failed to do so, which is termed a breach of
a. presence of an effect
duty. In addition, a professional must act with the
appropriate level of care, and failure to do so must
b. presence of ab
have resulted in either physical injury or economic
obligation
damage because of the natural and continuous
sequence of reasonably foreseeable events
c. presence of a duty
(approximate cause).
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 24, pg 647
ANSWER:
When estimating 1RM for b. 5
power exercises, what is
the maximum number of EXPLANATION:
repetitions one can use Power exercises do not lend themselves well to
for estimation? multiple-RM testing above five repetitions for
repeated testing sets, because technique can
a. 8 deteriorate quickly. Other types of exercise can use
more than five repetitions. Using a 10RM load to
b. 5 predict 1RM is a common method.
c. 6 Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th
Edition. Ch 17, pg 454
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