Fitness Part 2 Lesson 3
Once you understand exactly how to perform each resistance training exercise, you should choose a weight that allows you to do _______ repetitions.
12
The fastest gains in muscle function and size are made in the first _______ of strength training.
4-8 weeks
You should always allow _______ for muscles to recover between training workouts.
48 hours
Which one of the following choices best describes a safety procedure that applies to weight machine training?
Avoid lifting in an awkward position.
Most physical effects of performance-enhancing drugs are reversible, with what exception?
Damage to the myocardium
Which one of the following performance-enhancing drugs has the side effect of thickening of the blood?
Erythropoietin
Which one of the following choices best describes a proper free-weight lifting technique?
Exhale when exerting the greatest force
The use of human growth hormone can lead to muscle growth, but it can also cause which of the following conditions?
Gigantism and other abnormal enlargement
Which one of the following choices best describes a disadvantage of isotonic exercises?
Higher risk of muscle soreness
Which one of the following statements regarding strength training workouts is most accurate?
Move the weights at a moderate to slow speed.
Which one of the following types of exercise involves abrupt, explosive movement?
Plyometric
Which one of the following choices best describes an advantage of isometric exercise?
Rapid strength improvement
Which one of the following types of exercises uses fast-twitch muscle fibers?
Sprinting
Which one of the following statements about pain during free-weight lifting is most accurate?
You should consider any soreness you feel the day after your first weight-lifting session as normal.
To get stronger, you should use
a few repetitions with maximum weight.
Muscular _______ describes how long or how many times you can lift and lower a given weight.
endurance
Exercising the muscles changes the ratio of _______ and speeds up weight loss.
fat to muscle fiber
By age 65, one in every three people suffers a fall, and one out of every 20 of these falls results in
fracture
Increasing the amount of weight you lift during a set from one session to another is referred to as
progressive overloading.
Emotional effects of steroid use seem to depend on the _______ of the steroid used.
type