Questions Week 4LHPE 101 OL Fitness for Life I – WA21. What type of muscle action occurs as the muscle lengthens and controls the movement with resistance and/or gravity? a. Concentric action b. Eccentric action c. Isometric action 2. A slow-twitch muscle fiber a. Contracts slowly and produces small amount of force b. Contracts rapidly and generates amounts of force c. Contracts rapidl
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Questions Week 4
LHPE 101 OL Fitness for Life I – WA2
1. What type of muscle action occurs as the muscle lengthens and controls the movement
with resistance and/or gravity?
a. Concentric action
b. Eccentric action
c. Isometric action
2. A slow-twitch muscle fiber
a. Contracts slowly and produces small amount of force
b. Contracts rapidly and generates amounts of force
c. Contracts rapidly, produces great force, and fatigues rapidly
d. Fatigues rapidly and is ideal for short bursts of activity.
3. Muscular strength is define as
a. The ability of a muscle to generate force over and over again
b. The ability of a muscle to generate maximal force
c. The ability of a muscle to shorten as it moves a resistance
d. The ability of a muscle to increase in size.
4. Which of the following is a benefit of a regular strengths training program?
a. Reduces the incidence of a back pain
b. Increases VO2max
c. Reduces the incidence of colds
d. Increases endurance exercise capacity
5. Which of the following should be the general rule to follow to increase strength in a
weight-training program?
7. List at least three reasons why training for strength and endurance is important
11. What factors determine muscle strength?
The size of the muscle and the number of fibers recruited during the contraction.
12. What physiological changes result from strength training?.
18. Distinguish isometric, concentric, and eccentric muscle actions?
19. Describe each of the following types of exercise isokinetic, isometric, and isotonic?
Isokinetic: Same movement speed, movement occurring at a constant and controlled
speed.
Isometric:
Isotonic:
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