AFAA - GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTOR 100
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
AFAA 5 Questions. ANSWER -1. What is the purpose of this exercise?
2. Are you doing that effectively?
3. Does the exercise create any safety concerns?
4. Can you maintain proper alignment and form for the duration of the exercise?
5. For whom is the exercise appropriate or inappropriate?
How can interval training improve aerobic performance?. ANSWER -increase degree
of aerobic pattern
faster, minimizes boredom of continuous
3 Physiological adaptations that occur to improve exercise performance and
how or why improvement occurs?. ANSWER -1. increased maximal blood flow
2. increased oxygen delivery and Carbon dioxide removal
3. increased maximal oxygen uptake and aerobic power
ATP. ANSWER -energy currency of muscle
Adenosine Triphosphate
Anaerobic pathway:
,fuel soruce
intensity
duration
3 examples. ANSWER -Creatine phosphate
high
brief 15-20secs
sprint jump throw lift
Lactic acid system:
fuel source
intensity
duration
3 examples. ANSWER -glucose
medium-high
45-90 secs
tennis rallies
gymnast prolonged sprints
aerobic pathway:
fuel source
intensity
duration
, 3 examples. ANSWER -carbs, fat, protein
low to moderate intensity
theoretically endless until all glycogen and fat stores are used
walking, biking, running
steady state. ANSWER -oxygen uptake has reached an adequate legal to meet the
oxygen demand of tissues
EPOC
excess post oxygen consumption. ANSWER -oxygen debit referring to oxygen
uptake remaining elevated above resisting levels for several mins during exercise
recovery
Oxygen deficit. ANSWER -a period in which the level of oxygen is below what is
needed for atp
anaerobic threshold. ANSWER -the point at which the body can no longer meet its
demand for oxygen and aerobic metabolism is accelerated
aerobic capacity. ANSWER -ability to remove oxygen from air and transfer it thru
lungs and blood to working muscles
lactic adid. ANSWER -by product of anaerobic metabolism of glucose or glycogen in
the muscle
stroke volume. ANSWER -the volume of blood ejected by each ventricle of the heart
during a single systole
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
AFAA 5 Questions. ANSWER -1. What is the purpose of this exercise?
2. Are you doing that effectively?
3. Does the exercise create any safety concerns?
4. Can you maintain proper alignment and form for the duration of the exercise?
5. For whom is the exercise appropriate or inappropriate?
How can interval training improve aerobic performance?. ANSWER -increase degree
of aerobic pattern
faster, minimizes boredom of continuous
3 Physiological adaptations that occur to improve exercise performance and
how or why improvement occurs?. ANSWER -1. increased maximal blood flow
2. increased oxygen delivery and Carbon dioxide removal
3. increased maximal oxygen uptake and aerobic power
ATP. ANSWER -energy currency of muscle
Adenosine Triphosphate
Anaerobic pathway:
,fuel soruce
intensity
duration
3 examples. ANSWER -Creatine phosphate
high
brief 15-20secs
sprint jump throw lift
Lactic acid system:
fuel source
intensity
duration
3 examples. ANSWER -glucose
medium-high
45-90 secs
tennis rallies
gymnast prolonged sprints
aerobic pathway:
fuel source
intensity
duration
, 3 examples. ANSWER -carbs, fat, protein
low to moderate intensity
theoretically endless until all glycogen and fat stores are used
walking, biking, running
steady state. ANSWER -oxygen uptake has reached an adequate legal to meet the
oxygen demand of tissues
EPOC
excess post oxygen consumption. ANSWER -oxygen debit referring to oxygen
uptake remaining elevated above resisting levels for several mins during exercise
recovery
Oxygen deficit. ANSWER -a period in which the level of oxygen is below what is
needed for atp
anaerobic threshold. ANSWER -the point at which the body can no longer meet its
demand for oxygen and aerobic metabolism is accelerated
aerobic capacity. ANSWER -ability to remove oxygen from air and transfer it thru
lungs and blood to working muscles
lactic adid. ANSWER -by product of anaerobic metabolism of glucose or glycogen in
the muscle
stroke volume. ANSWER -the volume of blood ejected by each ventricle of the heart
during a single systole
