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Which of the following is TRUE about protein and supplements in diets?

Everyone needs additional protein in their diet.

Weight lifters need to include supplements in their diets.

It is uncertain whether many dietary supplements are effective.

Most supplements are known to enhance the benefits of weight training.

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Why is spot training a myth?

Exercise only burns fat in specific body regions.

Weight training strengthens muscles but does not burn fat.

The results of spot training are not consistent.

Exercise cannot burn fat in a target body region.

Which of the following is NOT a common type of weight-training workout organization?

large muscles vs. small muscles

front of the body exercises vs. back of the body exercises

pushing exercises vs. pulling exercises

strongest muscles vs. weakest muscles

Plyometrics is an isometric exercise technique.

Upright rows are a shoulder exercise.

Why is it a myth that muscle turns into fat when someone stops working out?

Muscle and fat are two different kinds of tissue.

Muscle grows with physical inactivity.

Fat converts into muscle but not vice versa.

Only a small amount of muscle turns into fat.

A one-repetition maximum is most important in developing muscle __________.

strength

size

endurance

appearance

The principal difference between isometric and isotonic exercises is the __________.

use of free weights and weight machines

rate of calories burned during exercise

change in muscle length during exercise

type of muscles exercised

Well-designed weight-training programs only target two or three body areas.

What distinguishes push-ups from other chest exercises such as the bench press and dumbbell flies?

The bench press also exercises the legs.

Push-ups are a variable resistance exercise.

Push-ups do not require any weights or machines.

Push-ups are not actually chest exercises.

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