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AEA Study Guide Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers)
- is defined as the maximum force that can be exerted by
a muscle or a muscle group against a resistance
ANS Musclar Strength
2.What type of stretching activates the muscle spindles, specialized
receptors in the muscle that monitor muscle length change and the speed ofmuscle length change?
ANS Ballistic Stretching
3.Name the six skill-related components of fitness
ANS Balance, coordination speed, power, agility, and reaction time
4.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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5.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 rate6.What is the ACSM’s (2018) recommended frequency for resistance
train- ing?
ANS two to three days per week for each major muscle group
7.Define body composition
ANS The body’s relative pertentage of fat as compared to lean tissue
(bone, muscles, and organs).
8.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
9.When calculating exercise intensity, a popular method is the Karvonen
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Formula, which is known as the
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
12.during the cardiac cycle, is the active contraction of the
heart muscle and is the relaxation of the heart muscle.
ANS -Systole
-Diastole
13.Which characteristic of muscle allows it to shorten and thicken?
ANS Con- tractability
14.The muscle group flexes the leg at the knee
ANS Hamstring
15.What is a motor neuron? ANS Efferent neurons (nerve cells) that
relay outgoing information from the central nervous system to the