exsc191 exam 2

During concentric muscle contraction...

• The muscle lengthens

• The muscle shortens as it overcomes the resistance

• The muscle produces little or no movement

• None of the above

Which of the following is a health benefit of resistance training?

• Increases lean muscle mass

• Lowers blood pressure

• Enhances the body's ability to use glucose

• All of these answers

A common assessment of muscular strength is called the ____________, in which the goal is to lift as much as possible on a strength exercise with proper technique for 1 repetition only.

• Curl-up test

• Chair stand test

• One repetition maximum

• Push-up test

For muscular fitness training, what is the recommended amount of REPETITIONS per set?

• 8-12

• 10-15

• 12-20

• 20-30

A warm-up is beneficial because it

• decreases heart rate

• maximizes muscle soreness

• increases the temperature of skeletal muscles

• increases blood pooling

What is the traditional muscle group exercise order?

• Smaller-muscle group exercises are performed before large muscle group exercises

• Large muscle group exercise are performed at the same time as smaller-muscle group exercises

• Large muscle group exercises are intertwined throughout a workout with smaller-muscle group exercises

• Large muscle group exercises are performed before smaller-muscle group exercises

All of the following are components to a resistance training workout, EXCEPT:

• endurance conditioning phase

• cool-down

• muscle conditioning phase

• warm-up

an enlargement in muscle fiber size is called

• hypertrophy

• atrophy

• muscular power

• muscular strength

which is NOT a common assessment of muscular endurance

• push up test

• curl up test

• one repetition maximum

• arm curl test

The ___________ is commonly used to measure ___________, which is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert force repeatedly over time.

• one-repetition maximum; muscular endurance

• push-up test; muscular endurance

• one-repetition maximum; muscular strength

• push-up test; muscular strength