Quiz 7 - Total Fitness and Wellness

What is muscular strength?

The force that your muscle can exert against resistance.

What activities are slow twitch fibers mostly involved in?

endurance activities

What is isometric exercise?

Muscle contraction without a change in length of the muscle

Type 2 muscle fibers contract quickly and forcefully, fatiguing rapidly…

yes

Is progressive overload the basis for strength training?

yes

What type of joint exercises come first in terms of exercise sequence?

Multiple joint exercises

Is plyometric exercise abrupt and explosive movements?

yes

What do you do to increase muscle strength?

use few repetitions with maximum height

Do you lower the body while performing pushups to the following position so that abdomen almost touches the floor?

yes

Do core exercises train muscles in all of the following except the hips?

No, the shoulders

what are the three advantages of free weights?

allow dynamic movements, allow greater variety of exercises, and widely available

What describes the ability of muscles to apply force repeatedly?

Muscular endurance

The more muscle you have, the lower your metabolic rate is…

false