AEA chapter 4 exercise physiology questions with correct answers

Overload - Answer A greater than normal stress or demand placed on a physiological system or organ typically resulting in an increase in strength or function. Progressive overload - Answer A gradual, systematic increase in the stress or demand placed on a physiological system or organ to avoid the risk of chronic fatigue or injury Adaptation - Answer The ability of a system or organ to adjust to additional stress or overload over time by increasing in strength or function Specificity - Answer You train only that part of the system or body that is overloaded Variability/cross-training - Answer The varying of intensity, duration, or mode (cross-training) of exercise session to obtain better muscle balance or overall fitness. Reversibility - Answer The body will gradually revert to pre/training status when you discontinue exercise Muscle balance include muscle pairs called _____and ______ to affect movement at the joint. - Answer Agonist and antagonist ______ and ______- front and back of the elbow joint and shoulder