Muscle Movers
What are the 3 main muscles involved in a barbell chest press?
What is: Pectoralis Major (Chest), Triceps, and Anterior Deltoids (Shoulders)
What are the building blocks of protein?
What is: Amino Acids
Fact or Fiction: It is possible to target specific areas of the body to lose fat from (also known as spot reducing)
What is: Fiction- you can target muscles to grow but the stored fat that is broken down will come from the whole body and be utilized as energy
Define and give an example of a compound movement
What muscle group is involved in knee flexion?
What is: Hamstrings
How many calories make up one pound of fat?
What is: 3500 calories
Fact or Fiction: Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is the main driver of fatigue for "new" lifters
What is: Fact
Define Progressive Overload
What is: Gradually increasing the stress/tension on a muscle over a period of time. (Ex: Weight, # of reps/sets, tempo, better form)
What is the antagonist muscle to the chest?
What is: Latissimus Dorsi
True or False: It is possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time
What is: True
There is a point regarding volume (# of sets/reps) where an individual will get diminishing returns on strength/hypertrophy
What is: Fact
Define three unilateral movements/exercises
What is: Any movement where one side of the body is performing the exercise
Name the three heads of the triceps muscle
What is: Long head, Lateral head, and Medial head
What is the "good" type of cholesterol in the body
What is: HDL (High-Density Lipoprotein) Cholesterol
What is: Fiction
Name four of the seven foundational movement patterns
What is: Push, Pull, Hinge, Squat, Lunge, Carry, and Rotation