AEA Study Guide Questions and Answers

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AEA Study Guide Questions and Answers (Verified)

• is defined as the maximum force that can be exerted by a

muscle or a muscle group against a resistance ANS Musclar Strength

• What type of stretching activates the muscle spindles, specialized receptors

in the muscle that monitor muscle length change and the speed of muscle length change?ANS Ballistic Stretching

• Name the six skill-related components of fitness

ANS Balance, coordination speed, power, agility, and reaction time

• What is the difference between maximal heart rate and heart rate reserve

ANS - Maximal HR is the highest HR a person can achieve. It is measured with a max HR test or estimated with 220 minus your age. Heart rate reserve is your miximal HR minus (-) your resting HR

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• How does compression lower your heart rate in the water?

ANS The water com- presses all body systems, included the vascular system, causing a smaller venous load on the heart, reducing heart rate

• What is the ACSM's (2018) recommended frequency for resistance train-

ing?ANS two to three days per week for each major muscle group

• Define body composition

ANS The body's relative pertentage of fat as compared to lean tissue (bone, muscles, and organs).

• List five benefits of regular exercise

ANS - Improves physical appearance

• Increases functional capactiy

-Heart beccomes stronger

• Strengthens the walls of the blood vessels

-Improves strength and endurance -Improves the efficiency of the nervous, lymph, and endocrine system

• Improves psychological function

• When calculating exercise intensity, a popular method is the Karvonen

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ANS Heart Rate Reserve Method

• is a subjective method of assessing effort, strain, discomfort,

and fatigue experienced during exercise ANS Rating of Preceirved Exertion

• The skeletal system provides our bodies with support, protection, and

ANS Structure

• during the cardiac cycle, is the active contraction of the

heart muscle and is the relaxation of the heart muscle.ANS -Systole -Diastole

• Which characteristic of muscle allows it to shorten and thicken?

ANS Con- tractability

• The muscle group flexes the leg at the knee

ANS Hamstring

• What is a motor neuron? ANS Efferent neurons (nerve cells) that relay

outgoing information from the central nervous system to the muscle cells

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