Exam 4: Improving Muscular Strength and Endurance

Describe the tests used to assess muscular strength.

Explain how exercise intensity is determined in weight training.

Which of the following sets of terms describes fast-twitch type IIx fibers?

The rate of strength improvement in weight training depends on

Increasing the workload throughout a strength-training program is based on the concept of progressive overload.

A motor nerve and all the fibers it controls is called a motor unit.

A muscle contraction that results in no movement of the body is referred to as a(n) ________ contraction.

Explain how muscle fiber recruitment works in generating increased amounts of force.

An isometric contraction refers to a muscle contraction against a movable object at a fixed speed.

Hyperplasia is the clinical term for

List the three muscle fiber types and the contractile characteristics of each.

Individuals with a predominance of fast-twitch muscle fibers are more susceptible to becoming obese and developing diabetes.

Muscles are attached to bones by

What is the key to a strength-training program that you will be motivated to continue?

What is an appropriate weight-training program to optimize endurance?

Muscular endurance is the ability

Which of the following muscle fiber types would you expect to predominate in a marathon runner?

Name and describe the types of muscle contractions.

Which of these is not a function of skeletal muscles?

The phase of a weight-training program in which most of the strength gains are realized is the ________ phase.