P.E.
You determine maximum heart rate by subtracting our age from what number?
220
What should you implement as you plan your goal setting program?
A list of all the benefits you would receive by accomplishing your goal.
What are the signs of anabolic steroid use?
A reduction female breast size, reduced bone growth in teenagers, shrinking of male testes.
What do stressors cause?
Any type of stress that can include low, negative, and positive stress.
When you refuse to identify situations that can cause stress, you are doing what?
Avoiding the situation.
You are better able to achieve your goals if you do what?
Believe you can be successful, have the desire to improve yourself, and understand the benefits you will receive when successful.
Exercises that improve a specific part of fitness using the weight and movement of the body itself are called what?
Calisthenics.
Weight/strength training will not do what?
Develop cardiovascular fitness.
What should one avoid in order to keep an exercise program going?
Doing only what your friends do.
The first step in designing a fitness program is to do what?
Evaluate your current fitness level.
Creeping obesity is best described as what?
Gaining fat very slowly over a number of years.
The time or duration of a flexibility exercise can safely be increased by doing what?
Holding the muscle in a static stretch for at least twenty seconds.
What are the symptoms of heat stroke?
Hot dry skin, no sweating, and unsteady walking
The health-related components of physical fitness are most associated with:
How well the systems of your body operate.
The reason you should monitor your heart rate during exercise is to properly apply the overload variable of what?
Intensity.
If you push against a stationary object for at least 10 seconds you have performed what kind of exercise?
Isometric.
What can a negative coping technique be?
It can be harmful to you and to others, and it can mask stressors.
What effect does heredity have on physical fitness?
It does not have an effect on physical fitness.
Why is warming up important prior to physical activity?
It heats up your muscles and joint tissues, increases blood supply to your muscles for oxygen, and helps to make you feel like moving vigorously.
The value of getting plenty of fiber in your diet is what?
It lowers bad cholesterol.
What will evaluating your present fitness level prior to beginning an exercise program do for you?
It will help you set realistic goals and see progress.
To achieve an increase in flexibility, the intensity should be sufficient enough to stretch muscles and soft muscles and soft tissues to what point?
Just to the threshold of sensing pain in the muscle.
Why is cholesterol considered a health-risk factor?
Many teens eat a diet that is too high in fat, which can increase cholesterol levels.
The body type that is characterized by a solid, muscular, and large-boned physique is what?
Mesomorph.
You can make your heart stronger because it is made of what tissue?
Muscle tissue.
Factors you should consider before starting a training program include:
Past medical history, your present health, and prior involvement in physical activity.
What is the training principle that states that improvement in personal fitness will only occur with periodic increase in the level of exercises?
Progression.
A person's primary source of amino acids can be found in what food group?
Proteins.
Dried beans and nuts can be found in what food groups?
Proteins.
An exercise gimmick will try to provide to a person what types of results?
Quick and easy fixes to the problems (s)he is having.
The amount of time it takes to get moving once your sense signal the need to move is called:
Reaction Time
Older people or those who are overweight may need to do what when beginning an exercise program?
Reduce their level of exercise intensity and the amount of time (s)he exercises.
The PAR-Q does what for a person preparing for physical activity?
Requires students to answer "no", ensures that they are safe, and requires all students who have indicators for physical activity to see a doctor prior to beginning activity.
Health-related fitness standards are best described as what?
Satisfactory levels of flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and endurance, and body composition necessary for good health.
The safest type of stretching is?
Static stretching.
What health risk factors can a person control?
Stress, diet, smoking, and obesity.
What category of people are the biggest targets for advertisers?
Teenagers.
A common misconception about the cost of fitness activities is what?
The more expensive the activities, the more amount of equipment is available for use.
The amount of overload a person needs depends on what?
The person's current level of fitness.
Body composition is best described as what?
The ratio of fat to muscle, bone, and other tissues in a person's body.
The best pulses for exercise can be taken in what body areas?
The wrist and the neck.
What are 3 facts about Fast-twitch muscle fibers:
They are white fibers, they are found in all skeletal muscles, and they are necessary for short-distance activities.
Why can height and weight charts be misleading?
They do not tell you how much of a person's weight is lean body mass and how much is body fat.
Activities that do not contribute to high weight loss are?
Those that do not get your heart rate into your target zone consistently.
Stress-management programs should not do what?
Turn minor stressors into major stressors.
When exercising in hot weather, what should you do?
Wear lightweight and light color clothing.
The most effect way to develop muscular strength and endurance is by doing what?
Weight/strength training.
What is true about weight/strength training?
Women do not need to worry about muscle-bulk and definition because of their physiology.
What is the most important factor in setting goals?
Writing your goals down in a non-specific way.
What food groups are included in the ChooseMyPlate.Gov 2010 food groups:
fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins, dairy, and oils.
