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