Brain Teaser
In 1913, the first U.S. patent for a “training machine” was issued and paved a road (albeit a stationary one) for what modern-day piece of workout equipment that lets you run a long distance without ever leaving home?
What is the treadmill?
Which classic bodyweight exercise works the chest, shoulders, triceps, and core all at the same time?
What is the push up?
Which classic bodyweight exercise works the chest, shoulders, triceps, and core all at the same time?
What is a push up?
The hardest working muscle of the body, pumps roughly 2,500 gallons of blood every day?
What is the heart?
What athlete famously declared his strategy to be the following nature-full phrase? "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Who is Muhammad Ali ?
Which simple piece of rolling gym equipment uses your own body weight to help loosen tight muscles and boost blood flow?
What is a foam roller?
How many minutes of moderate physical activity do health experts generally recommend for adults per day on most days of the week?
What is 30 min per day?
The side-straddle hop is the U.S. military's name for what basic warm-up exercise that kicks the legs apart while doing an overhead clap?
What is a jumping jack?
What muscle group, found on the leg, is the site of the most common sports injury?
What is the hamstring?
Milton Teagle is the rarely-known legal first and middle name of what eccentric and energetic American fitness guru who has made numerous aerobics videos, including “Sweatin' to the Oldies”?
Who is Richard Simmons ?
Tiny fluid-filled loops and crystals in your ear tell your brain if your head moves or tilts.
What is the Inner Ear?
What is calcium
What isometric core exercise involves assuming the push-up position, and holding that position for a prescribed length of time? It is different than the ledge pirates used to walk off of.
What is a plank?
“Delts” for short, which group of triangle-shaped muscles stabilize your shoulders and help you move your arms around?
What is Deltoid ?
Between 1982 and 1995, what two-time Academy Award winning actress (Klute and Coming Home) sold 17 million VHS copies in her "Workout" series?
Who is Jane Fonda?
What can you hold without touching it?
What is your breath?
A great workout can make you feel great physically and mentally, in part because of what “feel good” hormones that get released by your nervous system?
What are endorphins?
A foundational lower-body strength exercise that targets Quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes?
What is the squat?
On average, what is the largest muscle IN the human body? It's generally responsible for keeping the trunk of the body in an erect posture.
What is the Gluteus Maximus ?
What annual "testing" program, used in schools between the 1950s and the 2010s, included such challenges as pull-up (or flex arm hang), v-sit and reach, and the shuttle run?
What is the Presidential Physical Fitness test?
What building has the most stories
What is a library
How many chambers does the heart have?
What is 4?
Daily double: name them!
These techniques/exercises help strengthen respiratory muscles, clear trapped air, and reduce shortness of breath.
What are lung exercises?
Muscles are divided into three types: smooth, cardiac, and....
What is skeletal?
In 1960, which president wrote an article for “Sports Illustrated” (entitled “The Soft American”) and created fitness councils to come up with physical education curriculums for schools?
Who is John F. Kennedy ?