Quiz 2

How many minutes of moderate physical activity should an adult perform each week to maintain health? :

150 minutes

According to the physical activity pyramid, individuals should work on muscular fitness:

2 days per week.

Sally is currently jogging 3 times per week for 30 minutes. She has become comfortable with this workout and now wants to increase her workout time. Using the principle of progression, Sally should increase her time to approximately ________ minutes. :

33

A primary purpose of the general cool-down is to slowly return ________ back to resting levels.

Breathing rate

Kristina's mom wants to begin an exercise program. However, she is overweight and concerned about the impact exercise might have on her knees. To decrease her chance of injury, Kristina might recommend that her mom try:

Cross-training

Which of the following is considered a skill-related component of physical fitness? :

Flexibility

Which of the following is a purpose of the exercise warm-up?

Increase muscle elasticity

Adaptation is defined as:

a change in the body as a result of overload.

The maintenance of equilibrium is:

balance

The five health-related components of physical fitness are:

cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition

Exercise is a subset of physical activity that is:

done specifically to achieve or maintain fitness.

The components of the FITT formula are:

frequency, intensity, time, and type.

To counter a lack of motivation, you should choose exercise that is:

fun and convenient.

To progress safely and improve fitness, it is recommended that you:

increase overload frequency, intensity, or duration by no more than 10% each time you make changes in your program.

The overload principle states that to see improvements in physical fitness, you must: increase your training level on a weekly basis

increase your training level on a weekly basis

Jim and Steve have been working out together for 3 months. Although they have been doing the same workout, Steve has shown faster improvement. This difference in their responses to exercise illustrates the principle of:

individuality

Actions that can be performed daily by beginning exercisers are:

lifestyle physical activities.

Aerobic exercise, weight lifting, and yoga are all examples of:

moderate physical activities

The principle of rest and recovery is aimed at preventing:

overtraining.

Physical fitness is the ability to:

perform moderate to vigorous physical activity without undue fatigue.

The principle that states that training levels will decrease towards initial levels when training is stopped is known as:

reversibility

The principle that only the body systems worked during training will show adaptations is known as:

specificity

The duration of the exercise is known as:

time

The times per week that an activity is performed is known as:

time

The mode of activity chosen is known as:

type