Weightlifting Exam Study Guide Questions And
Answers
What is a benefit of weight training? ANS Increased muscular strength & injury prevention & better
support for joints
What is not a component of safety in the weight room? ANS Wearing proper shorts and shirt
What is the primary muscle involved in the bench press? ANS Anterior Deltoid
What is a primary muscle involved when performing cleans? ANS Hamstrings, calves, quadriceps
Weight plates are. . . ANS Weight lifting equipment used to add resistance to adjustable dumbbells
and barbells
An isolation exercise that targets the hamstring muscles and involves flexing the lower leg against
resistance towards the glutes. ANS Leg curls
Any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with knee bent and foot flat on the
ground while the other leg is positioned behind. ANS Lunges
A weight lifting exercise, which consists of the lifter moving a weighted barbell from the top of the knee
to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles. The primary muscles targeted are the hamstrings,
gluteus maximus, quadriceps, and calves. ANS Hang cleans
What piece of weight room equipment has a flat, cushioned surface that you lie down on when lifting
weights overhead? ANS Bench
The number of consecutive times that the exercise is completed is called____________. ANS
Repetitions
A group of repetitions is called a ___________. ANS Set
Answers
What is a benefit of weight training? ANS Increased muscular strength & injury prevention & better
support for joints
What is not a component of safety in the weight room? ANS Wearing proper shorts and shirt
What is the primary muscle involved in the bench press? ANS Anterior Deltoid
What is a primary muscle involved when performing cleans? ANS Hamstrings, calves, quadriceps
Weight plates are. . . ANS Weight lifting equipment used to add resistance to adjustable dumbbells
and barbells
An isolation exercise that targets the hamstring muscles and involves flexing the lower leg against
resistance towards the glutes. ANS Leg curls
Any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with knee bent and foot flat on the
ground while the other leg is positioned behind. ANS Lunges
A weight lifting exercise, which consists of the lifter moving a weighted barbell from the top of the knee
to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles. The primary muscles targeted are the hamstrings,
gluteus maximus, quadriceps, and calves. ANS Hang cleans
What piece of weight room equipment has a flat, cushioned surface that you lie down on when lifting
weights overhead? ANS Bench
The number of consecutive times that the exercise is completed is called____________. ANS
Repetitions
A group of repetitions is called a ___________. ANS Set
