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Muscle Strength/Endurance
Cardio
Nutrition
Body Composition
Harmful Habits
100
What is Muscular Endurance?
What is the ability to perform many repetitions against a given resistance for a prolonged period of time
100
What is the major muscle of the cardiovascular system?
What is the heart?
100
How many food groups are there in the USDA MyPyramid?
There are 5 groups. These consist of grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, and meat/beans.
100
What is the easiest way to measure body composition?
What is skinfold measurements. Skinfold is performed by pinching the skin in 3 certain areas. The chest, abdomen and thigh.
100
Is eating before bed harmful to your health?
Yes, all calories are stored as fat because no exercise is being performed.
200
What is a way to test muscle strength?
What is one rep max
200
This is a high risk factor for many forms of cardiovascular disease
What is high blood pressure?
200
This is the leading source of sugars and calories in the leading diet.
What is soda?
200
What is the percentage of fat, bone and muscle in the human body?
What is Body Composition
200
What is the percentage of adults that are informed that they are overweight each year?
What is 65%. There is a difference between being overweight and being obese. Obesity is when you have a BMI over 30 or greater or having a percent body fat greater than 25% for men and 35% for women. Overweight is body weight that falls above the recommended range for good health.
300
What are the four types of muscular endurance?
What is aerobic, anerobic, speed, and strength.
300
This is known as the "bad" cholesterol.
What is LDL (low density lipoprotein). LDL builds up in the blood vessles and clogs arteries.
300
What is the DRI of water for humans?
What is 3 liters or 13 cups of water per day for men and 2.2 liters or 9 cups a day for women.
300
What takes up less space in our body, Fat tissue or Muscle Tissue?
What is Muscle Tissue.
300
Do cigars have a lower negative effect on a person's health then cigarettes?
No, cigars have a higher nicotine and tar content that cigarrettes.
400
What is recommended amount of resistance exercise per week?
What is three days a week for twenty minutes.
400
What is an example of cardio exercise?
What is swimming, running, walking.etc.
400
What vitamins are most dangerous when taken in excess?
What are fat soluble vitamins. These are stored in the body rather than excreted increasing the risk for toxity.
400
What is the energy-balance equation?
What is Energy in vs. Energy Out. Energy in is the food calories takin in. Energy out is physical activity 20-30%, Food digestion 10%, and Resting metabolism 65-70%.
400
This condition doubles morality rates and lowers life expectancy by 10-20 years.
What is obesity?
500
What does FITT stand for?
What is Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type.
500
What is the average resting heart rate?
What is 60-120 bpm?
500
What is the vitamin b deficiency that causes pitting edema/beriberi?
What is Thiamine Vitamin B1.
500
What is the meaning of satiety?
The body's feeling of fullness.
500
What are some symptoms associated with dangerously low levels of body fat?
What is amenorrhea (absence of menstration), the femal athlete triad- a condition consisting of three interrelated disorders: abnormal eating patterns, followed by amenorrhea, followed by decreased bone density.