AEA Study Guide Questions and Answers

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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 of muscle 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 1 / 3

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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 rate 6.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 2 / 3

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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 11.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

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