Describe four ways in which improving your muscular fitness would have a positive affect on your life.
Answers will vary but should relate to any four of the following: athletic performance, injury prevention, body composition, self-image, lifetime muscle and bone health, and chronic disease prevention.
A mother sprints across the yard to grab her small child before he enters the street. The mother is using her __________.
An individual picks up a cup and drinks from it. This is an example of __________.
If you increased the amount of muscle mass in your body, what other changes would occur?
More muscle mass would speed up metabolism, reduce the amount of body fat, and help protect an individual from injury.
Describe the components of health-related fitness.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is the fitness level of the heart and lungs. Body composition is the ratio in the body of muscle to fat. Muscular strength is the force muscles can produce in a single maximum effort. Muscular endurance is the ability of muscles to remain contracted or to contract repeatedly over a period of time. Flexibility is the range of motion a body has.
Which statement BEST describes the factors that affect muscular endurance?
When comparing an individual with low muscular fitness to an individual with high muscular fitness, we would very likely find that __________.
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