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Muscular Strength and Endurance Answers

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Muscles make up more than _____ of a person's body mass.

A
10%
B
25%
C
40%
D
75%
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Strength training is beneficial because it decreases your risk of injury. Which statement BEST describes why this is true?

A
Muscular fitness training can prevent or improve diabetes and sarcopenia.
B
Muscular fitness training increases muscle mass, which increases your metabolism.
C
Muscular fitness training strengthens tendons, ligaments, and cartilage.
D
Muscular fitness training improves self-image and athletic performance.
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Two individuals start the same training program at the same time, but one is able to grow muscle faster and larger than the other. What is the least likely explanation for this?

A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
4

An individual has sarcopenia. In order to prevent this condition from becoming any worse, what action should be taken?

A
decrease the amount of time spent exercising each week
B
participate in more activities like weight training
C
cut back on the use of heavy weights
D
increase supplements and eat a healthier diet
5

Improvements in muscular strength will not affect muscular endurance.

A
T
B
F
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If you wanted to increase your muscular endurance, it would be important to participate in activities that __________.

A
increase the size of the muscle cells and the amount of blood that is delivered to the muscle
B
decrease the amount of fuel that the muscle can store and increase the time it takes for the muscle to contract
C
increase the number of muscles and decrease the size of the muscle cells
D
decrease the length of the muscle and increase the thickness of the muscle
7

The overriding problem with both theories of muscle growth, hypertrophy and hyperplasia, is that __________.

A
neither can be accepted as correct because muscles growth is difficult to study in humans
B
neither one is theoretically possible
C
neither has been studied by reputable scientists
D
neither has been accepted by member of the fitness community
8

What can be found in every skeletal muscle?

A
nerves, bones, cartilage, and connective tissue
B
tendons, cartilage, nerves, and blood vessels
C
muscle fibers, nerves, connective tissue, and blood vessels
D
tendons, nerves, blood vessels, and bones
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If an individual started running 10 miles three times a week, there would most likely be an __________.

A
increase in flexibility
B
increase in muscular strength
C
increase in muscular endurance
D
increase in weight
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Weight training has the biggest effect on __________.

A
cardiac muscles
B
smooth muscles
C
involuntary muscles
D
skeletal muscles

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