Personal Fitness- Unit 4
Lifting a weight 10 times is a kind of
isotonic exercise
Which exercise principle recommends using resistance training that mimics a particular sport?
exercise specificity principle
If Luis performs resistance training, it is likely that his muscles will _____
hypertrophy
Flexing your leg muscles and holding the flex is an
isometric exercise
Holding a heavy machine part steady while securing it in place may be categorized as
isometric exercise
Lifting heavy cans and putting them on a shelf may be called an
isotonic exercise
Lifting your heavy book bag several times is good
isotonic exercise
John has been too busy to exercise for three weeks. Now he finds that he can not lift as much as he did three weeks ago. What exercise principle can explain this occurrence?
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. This is an example of the _____.
muscle adaptation principle
When Tito lifts the heaviest object he can, he is testing his _____.
muscle strength
If Sonya has a high resting metabolic rate, she probably _____.
performs regular resistance training
The number of exercises that you perform in a row without a break is called _____.
repetitions
Connective tissue that holds the muscle to the bone is called a ______.
tendon
An example of skeletal muscle is _____.
the quadriceps
