Intro
The ability of muscle to exert force
what is muscular strength
What brings blood back to the heart?
Veins
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What information is needed in order to calculate BMI? (including units of measure)
Body weight (kg) and height (m)
For the YMCA Sit and Reach Test, where on the yardstick do you start?
At the 15-inch mark
What is the relative amounts or percentage of different tissue (muscle, fat, bone) that are related to health?
What is Body composition
Where does blood receive its oxygen while traveling throughout the body?
What are the two types of contraindications to exercise?
Absolute and Relative
What are the two types of obesity?
Android (apple-shaped) and Gynoid (pear-shaped)
What are the two different types of muscle contractions?
Static (no movement) and dynamic (moving)
What are the 5 health-related physical fitness components?
cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility
What occurs during the p-wave?
Atrial depolarization
What is one reason for administering a lifestyle evaluation for your client?
See their living habits (occupation), see their daily behavior patterns (energy expenditure), see if they have any barriers to physical activity.
How many phases are there when recording blood pressure? During which phases do you obtain SBP and DBP?
5-phases and SBP is found during phase 1 (onset of sound), DBP is found during phase 5 (disappearance of sound)
For the YMCA bench press test, what is the weight for men and women, and the cadence. (Bonus: who do you think did the most reps?)
women:35 lb
Men 80 lb.
cadence: 30 reps per minute
a global pandemic that has been identified as one of the four leading contributors to premature mortality. Consists of prolonged periods of sitting or sedentary behavior.
What is physical inactivity
what is the natural pacemaker of the heart?
What is the sinus (SA) node
What are the two unchangeable CVD risk factors?
Age and family history
Where are the measurements taken for the waist and hip circumferences and how is waist-to-hip ratio calculated?
Waist- above the umbilicus
Hip- maximal circumference of the buttocks
waist-to-hip ratio= waist/hip
Give 1 test that can be performed for the following: measuring muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and power
endurance: ymca bench press, plank, flexed arm hang, push up test, sit up, pull ups
strength: 1-rm or leg press, handgrip
flexibility, ymca sit and each, lumbar flexion or extension, trunk flexion/extension, goniometer
balance- y balance, unipedal
What are the 6 sport/skill related components of fitness?
agility, speed, balance, power, reaction time, and coordination
what occurs during the QRS complex?
Ventricular depolarization
What is the negative risk factor criteria?
HDL-C greater than or equal to 60 mg/dL
What are the 9-skinfold measurement sites?
chest/pectoral, abdominal, biceps, triceps, medial calf, subscapular, suprailiac, thigh, midaxillary.
An individual lifted 185 lbs for 8 reps. What is their max using the Brzycki calculation? (round to 2 decimal places)
1-RM= weight lifted (lbs.)/ [1.0278-(reps to fatigue x .0278)]
229.70