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When lifting free weights, it is important to secure weights on barbells or dumbbells with which device?
The American Heart Association recommends strength training how many days per week for healthy adults and may low-risk cardiac patients?
Research has shown that taking creatine is dangerous over the long term
For overall fitness, you should perform approximately how many different types of exercises?
To increase muscle strength, subject them to loads that are heavier than the muscles are accustomed to
When performing strength training exercises that target certain muscle groups, do the large-muscle exercises
______ is a decrease in the size of muscle fibers
What is the minimum number of training days recommended by the ACSM per week for improving muscular strength?
For building muscular endurance, a high-repetition program using a weight that is _____ of 1 RM is recommended.
When performing exercises, adding a medicine ball can help the body gain muscle strength by providing
Which type of muscular contraction occurs when muscular force is exerted as a muscle lengthens?
When weight training, people should do more than one set of exercises in order to
All of the following are signs of possible overtraining except
Which muscles are especially targeted by doing exercises on the stability ball?
What types of exercises can be performed without equipment (calisthenics), with equipment (weight machines), and are excellent for building strength through a joint's range of motion?
When a muscle contracts, it moves a bone by engaging
_____ are elastic strips or tubes of rubber material that are inexpensive, lightweight, and portable
Relative to free weights, weight machines require
Compared to slow-twitch muscle fibers, fast-twitch muscle fibers
Which type of muscular contraction occurs when the muscle applies enough force to overcome resistance and shortens as it contracts?