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

strength

size

endurance

appearance

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

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.

Weight training requires that individuals add supplemental protein to their diet.

Which of the following is a myth about weight lifting?

Not everyone can become a bodybuilder through weight training.

Women who lift weights will develop large, bulky muscles.

People who weight train don't need protein supplements.

Spot training cannot help someone lose fat in a specific body area.

The rear deltoid row is a back exercise.

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.

Isometric exercise strengthens muscles without __________.

contracting muscle fibers

changing muscle length

burning calories

conscious effort

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.

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

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