Muscle Strength & Size / PAR-Q
True or False: Hypertrophy is the increase in muscle cell number within the body.
What is False?
It is the increase in the size of the muscle cells you already have.
Stress is placed on the system without adequate rest/recovery.
What is overtraining?
The scale from 1-10 aids an individual to gauge whether they are working hard or not.
What is the Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE Scale)?
Listening to your favorite type of this can help increase motivation, not only for exercising, but life in general.
What is Music?
Flexes the torso forward when both sides function; flexes the torso laterally when one side functions
What is the Rectus Abdominus?
True or False: The PAR-Q is designed for individuals over the age of 25.
What is False?
It is designed for individuals between the ages of 15-69. If you are pregnant, one is to fill out the Par-MED-X form.
Heart rate returns to normal; fluid replenishment of working muscles.
What is homeostasis?
These two places on your body are the most common places to check your pulse to make sure your still alive and/or monitor your exercise intensity.
What are your carotid and radial arteries?
Something to review to keep you honest with your fitness program and hold you accountable.
What are goals?
When working independently, the right _______________ twists the torso to the left, and vice versa. Together, they assist in forward flexion of the trunk.
What are the external obliques?
The initial increase in strength due to the first week weeks of strength training.
What is Neuromuscular adaption?
Ensuring sufficient rest following a workout.
What is recovery?
If one is able to speak while exercising.
What is the talk-test?
True or false: Not trying new gym equipment can increase your motivation to exercise.
What is false?
The right one of these muscles twists the torso to the right, and vice versa.
What are the internal obliques?
2 reasons for one person not to participate in physical activity (reasons from the PAR-Q)
What are:
1) You have a heart condition 2) You have chest pain when doing physical activity 3) You lost balance because of dizziness 4) You have a bone or joint problem that could worsen with physical activity 5) You are currently being prescribed drugs for blood pressure or a heart condition.
3 ways to prevent overtraining
What are:
1) Developing a well-balanced program 2) Monitor your training 3) Monitor your exercise intensity 4) Ensure adequate recovery
A way to to "see" if a person it faint, dizzy, redness to the face and/or turning a different colour.
What is exercise intensity monitoring through observation?
With the use of one of these can assure that you are at the gym, you train hard and makes sure to see you through to your goals!
What is a training partner and/or trainer?
This muscle group helps to maintain an erect spine; provides strength & support to the lower back.
What is the Erector Spinae?
The sugar that is stored in the muscles and ready to be utilized.
What is muscle glycogen?
3 benefits of ensuring sufficient recovery following a workout.
1) Tissue growth occurs
2) Improvements in muscular strength, muscular strength, aerobic endurance
3) Homeostasis - heart rate returns to normal; fluid replenishment of working muscles
4) Glycogen replenishment
Type of training that involves O2 and one that does not involve the use of O2.
What are aerobic and anaerobic training/conditioning?
You should try exercises you __________ to better your motivation.
This muscle pulls the abdominal wall inward toward the spine.
What is the transversus abdominus?