Quiz 2: The Resistance Training Workout

Name 4 factors that influence your resting metabolic rate:

1. age 2. gender 3. body composition 4. frequency of eating

How long does creeping obesity usually take?

5-10 years

How long of a period does the greatest strength improvements in resistance training occur?

6-8 weeks

If Sam performs fewer push-ups in a sec after a three week break, he understands which exercise law?

the law of reversibility

What are repetitions?

the number of exercises that you perform in a row without a break called?

What is important to remember during resistance training with weights?

using correct posture

T/F A benefit of resistance training is improved weight maintenance.

True

If Luis goes on a diet but does NOT exercise, what would one of the negative effects be?

he would lose muscle tissue

What is the overload principle?

Exercise principle stating muscles must have more resistance than it is accustomed to in order to be conditioned

T/F Your body composition can influence your resting metabolic rate.

True

After he stopped his diet, Paul found that he gained back more weight than he lost. This is probably because he.....

decreased his resting metabolic rate

Which exercise principle recommends using resistance training that mimics a particular sport?

exercise specificity principle

John has been too busy to exercise for 3 weeks. Now he finds that he can't lift as much as before. What exercise principle can explain this?

law of reversibility

After lifting weights for two weeks, Joe finds that the weights he has been lifting do not feel very heavy to him anymore. What is this called?

muscle adaptation principle

What type of training requires the fewest number of repetitions?

muscle strength and size training