Lifetime Fitness Concepts Final Exam Questions and
Answers
The percentage of American adults that are NOT physically active enough is ... -
Answer-More than 50% not engaged enough, 60% too inactive or below goals.
/.Exercise - Answer-Exercise is a subset of physical activity that is planned, structured,
repetitive, and purposeful in the sense that improvement or maintenance of Health
Related Physical Fitness is the objective.
/.5 major components of health related physical fitness - Answer-C-R /Aerobic
endurance or capacity
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Body composition
Flexibility
/.Purpose of warm up and cool down - Answer-prevent injury, protect the heart
/.What would a healthy adult want to be higher... their chronological or physiological
age? - Answer-chronological age
/.What three activities are the cross-training parts of a traditional Triathlon? - Answer-
swim/bike/run
/.What is the FITT Principle? - Answer-F.I.T.T. frequency, intensity, time, type. Most
basic rule of thumb used to guarantee your workout plan matches your experience and
goals
/.Which is better for you? Physical activity or exercise? Why? Or... Why not? - Answer-
Exercise (manual labor - physical activity- will not properly condition our aerobic energy
delivering system)
/.The test used to evaluate the 5 major components of Health Related Physical
Fitness.... - Answer-Are 3 minute step test, hand grip test, 1 minute crunches,
skinfold/BEI, sit and reach
/.Basing your activity level of Intensity based upon how you FEEL (vs HR) is using __ -
Answer-exercise intensity
/.Identify the prime reasons adults give for being either an exercise adherer? ... Or non-
adherer? - Answer-Adherer - Physical Health & Fitness
Non-Adherer - Time Restraint (I don't have time)
, /.What are the two #1 reasons regular, chronic exercise enthusiasts give for continuing
their active lifestyles? - Answer-Physical health and fitness
/.What are two ways we can determine our exercise intensity? - Answer-THR/ MHR
/.T or F: Adults who accumulate 30 minutes of brisk walking most days of the week can
achieve a healthy level of aerobic fitness? - Answer-True
/.Flexibility is synonymous with ___? - Answer-Range of motion
/.Flexibility typically reduces as we reach middle age and older. The major reason is
___? - Answer-Aging/ Decrease of elasticity in connective tissues as we age.
/.What type of flexibility training is adequate for the majority of typical physically active
adults? - Answer-Static stretching with proper warm-up
/.Identify the 3 major determinates of flexibility. - Answer-Joint structure & surrounding
tissues
muscle elasticity & length
nervous system activity.
/.T or F: Stretching is the best and fastest way to safely warm up the skeletal and
cardiac muscles prior to physical activity! - Answer-False- warm up prior to stretching
/.How does static and dynamic stretching differ? - Answer-Static- ability to assume and
maintain an extended position
Dynamic- ability to move a joint through ROM (range of motion)
/.Identify 3 determinates of flexibility? Which can you control? Which can you not? -
Answer-Muscle elasticity- can control
Joint structure - can't control (genetics)
Nervous system - can't control
/.What role should strength training have in a fitness program? - Answer-Health
benefits/ improved performance of physical activity
/.Should people be motivated for the health fitness benefits or should they participate to
enhance their body image? - Answer-Both. Semi-permanent adaptations or positive
physiological changes.
/.What type of cross training offers both aerobic and anaerobic benefits? - Answer-
Super circuit
/.The AHA's mission is to reduce and hopefully eliminate what two major causes of
premature adult death? - Answer-CHD (coronary heart disease) & Stroke
Answers
The percentage of American adults that are NOT physically active enough is ... -
Answer-More than 50% not engaged enough, 60% too inactive or below goals.
/.Exercise - Answer-Exercise is a subset of physical activity that is planned, structured,
repetitive, and purposeful in the sense that improvement or maintenance of Health
Related Physical Fitness is the objective.
/.5 major components of health related physical fitness - Answer-C-R /Aerobic
endurance or capacity
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Body composition
Flexibility
/.Purpose of warm up and cool down - Answer-prevent injury, protect the heart
/.What would a healthy adult want to be higher... their chronological or physiological
age? - Answer-chronological age
/.What three activities are the cross-training parts of a traditional Triathlon? - Answer-
swim/bike/run
/.What is the FITT Principle? - Answer-F.I.T.T. frequency, intensity, time, type. Most
basic rule of thumb used to guarantee your workout plan matches your experience and
goals
/.Which is better for you? Physical activity or exercise? Why? Or... Why not? - Answer-
Exercise (manual labor - physical activity- will not properly condition our aerobic energy
delivering system)
/.The test used to evaluate the 5 major components of Health Related Physical
Fitness.... - Answer-Are 3 minute step test, hand grip test, 1 minute crunches,
skinfold/BEI, sit and reach
/.Basing your activity level of Intensity based upon how you FEEL (vs HR) is using __ -
Answer-exercise intensity
/.Identify the prime reasons adults give for being either an exercise adherer? ... Or non-
adherer? - Answer-Adherer - Physical Health & Fitness
Non-Adherer - Time Restraint (I don't have time)
, /.What are the two #1 reasons regular, chronic exercise enthusiasts give for continuing
their active lifestyles? - Answer-Physical health and fitness
/.What are two ways we can determine our exercise intensity? - Answer-THR/ MHR
/.T or F: Adults who accumulate 30 minutes of brisk walking most days of the week can
achieve a healthy level of aerobic fitness? - Answer-True
/.Flexibility is synonymous with ___? - Answer-Range of motion
/.Flexibility typically reduces as we reach middle age and older. The major reason is
___? - Answer-Aging/ Decrease of elasticity in connective tissues as we age.
/.What type of flexibility training is adequate for the majority of typical physically active
adults? - Answer-Static stretching with proper warm-up
/.Identify the 3 major determinates of flexibility. - Answer-Joint structure & surrounding
tissues
muscle elasticity & length
nervous system activity.
/.T or F: Stretching is the best and fastest way to safely warm up the skeletal and
cardiac muscles prior to physical activity! - Answer-False- warm up prior to stretching
/.How does static and dynamic stretching differ? - Answer-Static- ability to assume and
maintain an extended position
Dynamic- ability to move a joint through ROM (range of motion)
/.Identify 3 determinates of flexibility? Which can you control? Which can you not? -
Answer-Muscle elasticity- can control
Joint structure - can't control (genetics)
Nervous system - can't control
/.What role should strength training have in a fitness program? - Answer-Health
benefits/ improved performance of physical activity
/.Should people be motivated for the health fitness benefits or should they participate to
enhance their body image? - Answer-Both. Semi-permanent adaptations or positive
physiological changes.
/.What type of cross training offers both aerobic and anaerobic benefits? - Answer-
Super circuit
/.The AHA's mission is to reduce and hopefully eliminate what two major causes of
premature adult death? - Answer-CHD (coronary heart disease) & Stroke
