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Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Exam #1 Exam Actual Questions and Answers 2026
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Wellness - correct answer ✅A state of optimal health that encompasses all the dimensions of well-being can be achieved by practicing physical activity, proper nutrition, emotional/spiritual balance, and eliminating unhealthy behaviors 8 components of wellness - correct answer ✅Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Spiritual, Social, Environmental, Occupational, Financial Healthy People 2020 - correct answer ✅set of wellness goals established by US government The goals are to improve quality, and longer lives, reducing the risk of injury and premature death, achieving health equity, eliminating disparities, and improving the health of all groups.
Physical Activity - correct answer ✅All physical movement, regardless of the level of energy expended or reason can involve occupational, lifestyle, or leisure Exercise - correct answer ✅A type of leisure-time physical activity; performed in order to enhance health or fitness involves planned, structured, and relatively high intensity activities benefits: reduced risked of disease, increased bone mass, delayed aging, increased longevity, improved psychological well-being 5 components of physical fitness - correct answer ✅cardiorespiratory endurance (aerobic fitness), muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition
allows optimal functioning in everyday tasks Muscular Endurance - correct answer ✅Ability of muscle to generate a sub- maximal force repeatedly pushup and sit up or curl up tests Flexibility - correct answer ✅Ability to move joints freely through full range of motion Without regular stretching, muscles and tendons shorten and become tight Body Composition - correct answer ✅Relative amounts of fat and lean tissue in your body high body fat= obesity
Stages of Change Model - correct answer ✅6 stages to behavior change pre-contemplation contemplation preparation action maintenance termination Behavior Modification - correct answer ✅Strategies can be helpful in changing health behaviors: SMART GOALS SMART goals - correct answer ✅Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time frame
Once desired level is achieved, develop program to maintain benefits 10% rule Principle of Specificity - correct answer ✅Exercise training effect is specific to muscle and adaptation (i.e. strength training vs. muscular endurance) involved in activity Importance of varying exercises Principle of Recuperation - correct answer ✅Recovery periods b/w exercise (otherwise reduce intensity of workouts) 24 hrs of rest is essential for max. benefits. Overtraining: Failure to rest leads to fatigue, leads to chronic fatigue, infection, and injuries
Reversibility Principle - correct answer ✅The loss of fitness due to inactivity (too long between sessions or an inconsistent routine) The speed at which fitness loss depends on nature of exercise (gradual loss of muscular strength or muscular endurance) Components of an Exercise Program/Exercise Prescription - correct answer ✅Correct amount of exercise for eavery person Fitness Goals (short and long term), mode of exercise (type of activity) Warm-up (15-20 minutes), Primary conditioning period (workout/FITT), Cool-down Warm-up - correct answer ✅A brief (5-15 minute) period of exercise which precedes a workout
How much exercise is enough to achieve health benefits? - correct answer ✅most experts believe that 30- minutes performed 3-5 days per week will surpass the threshold for benefits US gov. recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week 4 major barriers to physical activity - correct answer ✅Lack of Time Social and Environmental influences Inadequate resources Lack of Motivation/commitment Strategies to overcome barriers to physical activity - correct answer ✅Engage in small amounts of moderate physical activity throughout the day
Major components of the cardiorespiratory system - correct answer ✅Cardiovascular System (heart and blood vessels) Respiratory System (lungs and muscles involved in respiratory system) Cardiovascular System - correct answer ✅Carries oxygen to the muscles and organs of the body, and remove waste products. Includes the heart (two sides that pump blood), blood vessels: arteries (carry o2 blood away from heart to body), veins (carry o2less blood from tissues back to heart), and capillaries (thin blood vessels that allow exchange of gas and nutrients b/w blood and tissue) Respiratory System - correct answer ✅Controls breathing Consists of lungs, and related muscles (alveoli: tiny air sacs that pass oxygen into capillaries)
Two Systems in muscle cells produce ATP - correct answer ✅Anaerobic and Aerobic Systems Anaerobic System - correct answer ✅without oxygen ATP Produced through Glycolysis, the process that breaks down carbs. Carbs can only be used as an energy source Aerobic System - correct answer ✅with oxygen primary system for cardiorespiratory endurance, supports prolonged exercise relies on oxygen for ATP production
can use fats (primary source), proteins, and carbs to produce ATP Energy - correct answer ✅The fuel needed for muscle motion created through the breakdown of food Response vs. Adaptation - correct answer ✅Response: short-term changes that occur during and immediately after exercise (heart rate increases, stroke volume increases) Adaptation: changes over time that accrue with regular exercise (resting heart rate decreases, max stroke volume increases) Two common locations to take pulse - correct answer ✅wrist and behind neck
Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Muscle: - correct answer ✅Structure: fibers, fascia, tendons Function: motor nerves and muscle fibers are a motor unit, provide force for movement, maintain posture, and regulate body temperature Muscle Exercise and Muscle Action (concentric: positive work, muscles shortens during movement; eccentric: negative work, muscle lengthens; Isometric: no movement, static) Types of Muscle Fibers: slow-twitch fibers (contract slowly, resistant to fatigue, little force), fast-twitch fibers (contract quickly, lot of force, fatigue quickly), intermediate fibers (combo, contract rapidly, produce great force, resist fatigue) Tendon vs. Ligament - correct answer ✅Tendon: Flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
Ligament: short band of tough, flexible, fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint Training Adaptations - correct answer ✅Physiological Changes, Rate of Improvement, Gender Differences Flexibility - correct answer ✅The ability to move joints freely through their full range of motion 5 structural limitations to movement: - correct answer ✅Shape of Bones, Stiff Muscles, Connective Tissues (ligaments/cartilage), Tendons, Tight Skin Stretch Reflex - correct answer ✅involuntary contraction of muscle due to rapid stretching of that muscle; nerve activity increases as muscle lengthens
4 Stretching Techniques - correct answer ✅Static: goal to increase flexibility and recover from exercise; most effective at end of exercises; hold for fixed periods Dynamic: goal to prepare body to exercise, conducted prior to exercise, increases blood flow and neuromuscular activity Ballistic: Rapid, forceful, bouncing movements; more likely to cause injury Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF): series of motions combining stretching with alternately contracting and relaxing muscles