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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● what type of stretching activates the muscle spindles, specialized
receptors in the muscle that monitor muscle length change and the speed
of muscle length change?
Answer: ballistic stretching
●● name the six skill-related components of fitness
Answer: balance, coordination, speed, power, agility, and reaction time
●● what is the difference between maximal heart rate and heart rate
reserve
Answer: maximal heart rate is the highest heart rate a person can
achieve. it is measured with a max HR test or estimated with 220- age.
Heart rate reserve is your maximal HR minus your resting heart rate.
●● how does compression lower your heart rate in the water?
Answer: water compresses all the body systems, including the vascular
system, causing a smaller venous load to the heart, reducing heart rate.
,●● what is the ACSM (2018) recommended frequency for resistance
training?
Answer: two to three days/week for each major muscle group
●● define body composition
Answer: the body's relative percentage of fat as compared to lean tissue
(bones, muscles, and organs)
●● list five benefits of regular exercise
Answer: improves physical appearance, increases functional capacity,
heart becomes stronger, strengthens the walls of the blood vessels,
improves strength and endurance,
●● when calculating exercise intensity, a popular method is the
Karvonen Formula, which is also known as the ____
Answer: Heart Rate Reserve method
●● ____ is a subjective method of assessing effort, strain, discomfort,
and fatigue experienced during exercise.
Answer: rating of perceived exertion
●● The skeletal system provides our bodies with support, protection, and
_____.
Answer: Structure
, ●● During the cardiac cycle, ____ is the active contraction of the heart
muscle and ___ is the relaxation of the heart muscle.
Answer: Systole, Diastole
●● Which characteristic of muscle allows it to shorten and thicken
Answer: Contractility
●● The ____ muscle group flexes the leg at the knee.
Answer: Hamstrings
●● What is a motor neuron
Answer: Efferent neurons that relay outgoing information from the
central nervous system to the muscle cells
●● Describe the valsalva maneuver
Answer: Holding one's breath while exerting. Creates unequal pressure
in the chest, causing blood pressure to drop and decreasing blood flow to
the heart. Resuming normal breathing creates a surge of blood flow to
the heart, causing a sharp increase in blood pressure.
●● Name the 5 systems of the body most actively involved in movement
and exercise
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● what type of stretching activates the muscle spindles, specialized
receptors in the muscle that monitor muscle length change and the speed
of muscle length change?
Answer: ballistic stretching
●● name the six skill-related components of fitness
Answer: balance, coordination, speed, power, agility, and reaction time
●● what is the difference between maximal heart rate and heart rate
reserve
Answer: maximal heart rate is the highest heart rate a person can
achieve. it is measured with a max HR test or estimated with 220- age.
Heart rate reserve is your maximal HR minus your resting heart rate.
●● how does compression lower your heart rate in the water?
Answer: water compresses all the body systems, including the vascular
system, causing a smaller venous load to the heart, reducing heart rate.
,●● what is the ACSM (2018) recommended frequency for resistance
training?
Answer: two to three days/week for each major muscle group
●● define body composition
Answer: the body's relative percentage of fat as compared to lean tissue
(bones, muscles, and organs)
●● list five benefits of regular exercise
Answer: improves physical appearance, increases functional capacity,
heart becomes stronger, strengthens the walls of the blood vessels,
improves strength and endurance,
●● when calculating exercise intensity, a popular method is the
Karvonen Formula, which is also known as the ____
Answer: Heart Rate Reserve method
●● ____ is a subjective method of assessing effort, strain, discomfort,
and fatigue experienced during exercise.
Answer: rating of perceived exertion
●● The skeletal system provides our bodies with support, protection, and
_____.
Answer: Structure
, ●● During the cardiac cycle, ____ is the active contraction of the heart
muscle and ___ is the relaxation of the heart muscle.
Answer: Systole, Diastole
●● Which characteristic of muscle allows it to shorten and thicken
Answer: Contractility
●● The ____ muscle group flexes the leg at the knee.
Answer: Hamstrings
●● What is a motor neuron
Answer: Efferent neurons that relay outgoing information from the
central nervous system to the muscle cells
●● Describe the valsalva maneuver
Answer: Holding one's breath while exerting. Creates unequal pressure
in the chest, causing blood pressure to drop and decreasing blood flow to
the heart. Resuming normal breathing creates a surge of blood flow to
the heart, causing a sharp increase in blood pressure.
●● Name the 5 systems of the body most actively involved in movement
and exercise
