General Fitness Knowledge
What is the recommended minimum amount of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week for adults?
What is 150 minutes?
Which muscle group is primarily worked during a squat?
What are the quadriceps?
What is the correct for for a plank?
What is keeping your body in a straight line from head to heels, with elbows under shoulders and core engaged?
What macronutrient is the body's primary source of energy?
What are carbohydrates?
Who is known as the "Father of Modern Bodybuilding"?
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Which component of fitness involves the range of motion available at a joint?
What is Flexibility?
What is the main function of the cardiovascular system during exercise?
What is to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the muscles and remove waste products?
What is the correct sequence of muscle engagement in a kettlebell swing?
What are the hips, glutes, hamstrings, and core?
Which vitamin is essential for calcium absorption and bone health?
What is vitamin D?
In what year did the first modern Olympic Games take place?
What is 1896?
Describe the differences between static stretching and dynamic stretching, and provide an example of when each type would be most beneficial.
What is static stretching, which involves holding a stretch for an extended period and is beneficial post-workout for flexibility, and dynamic stretching, which involves moving parts of the body through a full range of motion, beneficial as a warm-up to increase blood flow and muscle readiness?
Which type of muscle fiber is most resistant to fatigue and is used for endurance activities?
What are slow-twitch muscle fibers?
What is the term for the phase of an exercise where the muscle lengthens?
What is the eccentric phase?
What is the recommended daily intake of water for adults?
What is about 2-3 liters (8-12 cups)?
Which ancient civilization is credited with the origins of yoga?
What is Ancient India?
Which principle of fitness training states that specific exercises improve specific body parts?
What is the principle of specificity?
What are the names of the 3 bones located in the arm?
What is the humerus, radius & ulna?
Explain the difference between open and closed kinetic chain exercises, and provide an example of each.
What are open kinetic chain exercises where the limb moves freely in space, such as a leg extension, and closed kinetic chain exercises where the limb is fixed, such as a squat?
Which mineral is important for muscle contraction and nerve function?
What is potassium?
Who invented Pilates?
Who is Joseph Pilates?
Explain the concept of EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption) and its impact on metabolism.
What is the increased rate of oxygen intake following strenuous activity, which helps to restore the body to its resting state by replenishing oxygen stores, clearing lactate, and repairing muscle, thereby boosting metabolism and caloric burn post-exercise?
What is the function of the mitochondria in muscle cells?
What is to produce energy (ATP) for the cell?
During a clean and jerk, what is the role of the triple extension, and which joints are involved?
What is the explosive extension of the hips, knees, and ankles to generate power for lifting the barbell overhead, involving the hip, knee, and ankle joints?
What type of fat is considered healthy and can be found in foods like avocados and nuts?
What are unsaturated fats?
What was the original purpose of the marathon race in ancient Greece?
What is to commemorate the run of a soldier from the Battle of Marathon to Athens?