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