Responses to training

Which of these occurs to allow more blood flow to the working muscles during training?

• Vasoconstriction

• Vasodilation

• Hypertrophy

• Atrophy

What is the correct term for muscles becoming more stretchy after they become warm?

• Muscle pliability

• Muscle atrophy

• Sarcopenia

• Neuromuscular

What is exercise induced muscle damage often referred to as?

• Macro-tears

• Hyperplasia

• Micro-tears

What role does synovial fluid play in the skeletal system during exercise?

• Strengthens bones

• Increases blood flow

• Lubricates joints

Before you even start exercising there is an increase

in your heart rate. What is this known as?

• Stroke Volume

• Activity response

• Anticipatory response

Which part of blood pressure increases in response to exercise? The greater the intensity the higher it will go.

• Systolic

• Diastolic

Why can strength training be dangerous for people with high blood pressure?

What are the long term effects of resistance training?

• More bone density

• Hypertrophy

• Increased strength

• All of the above

What is hyperplasia

• The reduction in number of muscle fibres.

• The increase in number of muscle

  fibres.

• The increase in size of muscle fibres.

• The reduction in size of muscle fibres.

Type IIa muscle fibres will

• Become more like type I muscle fibres with low intensity training

• Become more like type IIb muscle fibres with high intensity training

• Both of these are true