SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS SPEX QUESTIONS
WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Why might it be effective for a coach to schedule skill practices in the evenings and not in the mornings?
- Accurate answers post-practice sleep consolidates (improves) skill learning
Provide one pro and one con of static stretching. - Accurate answers Pro - muscle relaxation,
ranges of motion, prevention of hamstring injury
Con - reduces performance, time consuming
List and briefly define/explain FOUR variables, recommended by the American College
of Sports Medicine, that are manipulated in a training programme? - Accurate answers FITT-VP
Frequency - how often someone exercises
Intensity - how hard
Time - the duration or how long they exercise
Type - the modality of exercise undertaken
Volume - the total amount of exercise undertaken in a session
Progression/Pattern - what exercise is planned over a period of time
Fit people recover faster from a given exercise bout. What are TWO implications of this? - Accurate
answers Can exercise again earlier/ more intensely
Give an example of the tremendous diversity in the contexts, needs or priorities of exercise science.
(This might be in its development as a science, or at the present time). - Accurate answers human
ability/ activity levels being substantive to limited, or humans diverging in present time from extremely
fit to unfit, etc
Give ONE reason why it is valuable to know someone's hydration state for measuring their body
composition, and ONE method by which hydration status might be estimated? - Accurate answers
water comprises most of our cells
estimated through, Thirst, Urine colour/frequency.
Explain why it seems easier to lift heavy weights on the calf raise machine in the gym compared to other
exercises. - Accurate answers The distance of the Achilles tendon from the axis is greater than the
distance of the resistance to the axis providing a muscular mechanical advantage.
The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles also have higher force capability than most muscles
Bungard (2009) outlines the 5 guiding principles of a HAES approach. Identify TWO of these and provide
a brief description of each. - Accurate answers 1. Enhancing health:
2. Size and self acceptance:
.3· The pleasure of eating well-4. The joy of movement-
5· An end to weight bias-
, List FOUR effects or functions of adipose tissue that are relevant to fitness or health. - Accurate
answers -Energy store,
-Inflammatory
-Reduces acceleration
-Reduces power to weight ratio
-Increases body mass
-Thermal regulation
- Protects organs
Choose ONE movement classification and explain an application for its use. - Accurate answers
Open v closed chain -
open: isolate muscle asymmetry or injured area -
closed: improve muscle coordination, co-contraction, stabilization, considered more functional
Suggest ONE factor that influences to what extent one might expect skill from one activity to transfer
positively to another. - Accurate answers transferable practice (e.g. surfer vs sand)
Similarity of movement patterns between activities (e.g., hockey and golf
The right panel of the figure below illustrates the length-tension relationship for a muscle sarcomere. -
Accurate answers closed = 1 (1.2mm)
half open/closed = 3
open = 5 (3.6mm)
In class we learned about the implications of the force velocity relationship to specificity of strength
training. Show on the
figure below how this curve might
shift in a person who has undertaken a
heavy resistance training programme - Accurate answers y axis = force
x axis = velocity of contraction
curves downwards
Maximal aerobic power (𝑉O2max) is the most commonly used index of aerobic fitness.
̇What is the basis (rationale) of submaximal, indirect fitness testing to predict 𝑉O2max? - Accurate
answers linear relation VO2 to workrate; / HR to VO2;
OR lower HR or faster pace in fitter people
example of a vo2max test - Accurate answers submax cycle test,
rockport 1 mile walk test
Give TWO advantages to the type of aerobic fitness test that measures vo2max - Accurate answers
-Not max exertion,
-lower risk,
WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Why might it be effective for a coach to schedule skill practices in the evenings and not in the mornings?
- Accurate answers post-practice sleep consolidates (improves) skill learning
Provide one pro and one con of static stretching. - Accurate answers Pro - muscle relaxation,
ranges of motion, prevention of hamstring injury
Con - reduces performance, time consuming
List and briefly define/explain FOUR variables, recommended by the American College
of Sports Medicine, that are manipulated in a training programme? - Accurate answers FITT-VP
Frequency - how often someone exercises
Intensity - how hard
Time - the duration or how long they exercise
Type - the modality of exercise undertaken
Volume - the total amount of exercise undertaken in a session
Progression/Pattern - what exercise is planned over a period of time
Fit people recover faster from a given exercise bout. What are TWO implications of this? - Accurate
answers Can exercise again earlier/ more intensely
Give an example of the tremendous diversity in the contexts, needs or priorities of exercise science.
(This might be in its development as a science, or at the present time). - Accurate answers human
ability/ activity levels being substantive to limited, or humans diverging in present time from extremely
fit to unfit, etc
Give ONE reason why it is valuable to know someone's hydration state for measuring their body
composition, and ONE method by which hydration status might be estimated? - Accurate answers
water comprises most of our cells
estimated through, Thirst, Urine colour/frequency.
Explain why it seems easier to lift heavy weights on the calf raise machine in the gym compared to other
exercises. - Accurate answers The distance of the Achilles tendon from the axis is greater than the
distance of the resistance to the axis providing a muscular mechanical advantage.
The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles also have higher force capability than most muscles
Bungard (2009) outlines the 5 guiding principles of a HAES approach. Identify TWO of these and provide
a brief description of each. - Accurate answers 1. Enhancing health:
2. Size and self acceptance:
.3· The pleasure of eating well-4. The joy of movement-
5· An end to weight bias-
, List FOUR effects or functions of adipose tissue that are relevant to fitness or health. - Accurate
answers -Energy store,
-Inflammatory
-Reduces acceleration
-Reduces power to weight ratio
-Increases body mass
-Thermal regulation
- Protects organs
Choose ONE movement classification and explain an application for its use. - Accurate answers
Open v closed chain -
open: isolate muscle asymmetry or injured area -
closed: improve muscle coordination, co-contraction, stabilization, considered more functional
Suggest ONE factor that influences to what extent one might expect skill from one activity to transfer
positively to another. - Accurate answers transferable practice (e.g. surfer vs sand)
Similarity of movement patterns between activities (e.g., hockey and golf
The right panel of the figure below illustrates the length-tension relationship for a muscle sarcomere. -
Accurate answers closed = 1 (1.2mm)
half open/closed = 3
open = 5 (3.6mm)
In class we learned about the implications of the force velocity relationship to specificity of strength
training. Show on the
figure below how this curve might
shift in a person who has undertaken a
heavy resistance training programme - Accurate answers y axis = force
x axis = velocity of contraction
curves downwards
Maximal aerobic power (𝑉O2max) is the most commonly used index of aerobic fitness.
̇What is the basis (rationale) of submaximal, indirect fitness testing to predict 𝑉O2max? - Accurate
answers linear relation VO2 to workrate; / HR to VO2;
OR lower HR or faster pace in fitter people
example of a vo2max test - Accurate answers submax cycle test,
rockport 1 mile walk test
Give TWO advantages to the type of aerobic fitness test that measures vo2max - Accurate answers
-Not max exertion,
-lower risk,
