Pre-test
Once you have determine how much you currently know, you can move on to the next sections to learn more about the five areas of health related fitness and the FITT principles. You will even have an opportunity to add a few additional fitness related terms to your personal vocabulary as well.
- 1.The ability to do moderately strenuous activity over a period of time. It reflects how well your heart and lungs work together to supply oxygen to your body during exertion and exercise.
- A.
Muscular strength
- B.
Body composition
- C.
Cardiovascular
- D.
Muscular endurance
- 2.A muscle will only strengthen when forced to operate beyond its customary intensity. The load must be progressively increased in order to further adaptive responses as training develops, and the training stimulus is gradually raised.
- A.
Specificity
- B.
Overload
- C.
Reversibility
- D.
Progression
- 3.Your training should be specific to the sport you will be competing in. Specificity is an important principle in strength training where the exercise must be specific to the type of strength required, and is therefore related to the particular demands of the event.
- A.
Progression
- B.
Specificity
- C.
Reversibility
- D.
Overload
- 4.Overload can be progressed by increasing the number of repetitions with a particular weight.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Improved ranges of movement can be achieved and maintained by regular use of mobility exercises. If an athlete ceases mobility training, his/her ranges of movement will decline over a period of time to those maintained by his/her other physical activities.
- A.
Overload
- B.
Progression
- C.
Specificity
- D.
Reversibility
- 6.The ability to hold a particular position for a sustained period of time or repeat a movement many times. This could be the capability required to hold a two-pound weight above your head for five minutes or the effort required to lift that weight 20 consecutive times.
- A.
Muscular strength
- B.
Muscular endurance
- C.
Flexibility
- D.
Body composition
- 7.The ability to move a joint through its full range of motion; the elasticity of the muscle. This is how limber or supple you are.
- A.
Flexibility
- B.
Muscular strength
- C.
Muscular endurance
- D.
Cardiovascular
- 8.The proportion of fat in your body compared to your bone and muscle. It does not refer to your weight in pounds or your figure.
- A.
Flexibility
- B.
Muscular strength
- C.
Muscular endurance
- D.
Body composition
- 9.Is cardiovascular fitness often considered the most important component of health-related fitness?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.What does F.I.T.T. stand for?
- A.
Fitness, Intervention, Training, Technique
- B.
Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
- C.
Fitness, Intensity, Time, Type
- D.
Frequency, Intensity Training Technique
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