Muscular Strength Worksheet
Use your study guide to help answer the following questions.
Below use the word bank to match the correct word with the definition. Write the correct word in the blank.
1. ______Weight
2. ______The ability of muscles to keep working over a period of time without causing fatigue
3. ______How often you do the activity each week.
4. ______The lowering of weight
5. ______An activity that prepares the muscles to return to a resting state.
6. ______A set is a group of successive repetitions performed without resting.
7. ______The shortening of a muscle
8. ______The ability to exert maximum force against resistance in one effort
9. ______Number of times you repeat the move in each set.
10. ______Group of successive repetitions performed with out resting
11. ______Lifting the weight
12. ______Moving body through full range of motion (ROM):
13. ______Getting the body ready for strenuous exercise
14. ______Stretching the muscle
15. ______Process by which your body gets energy from food
Word Bank:
Sets and Reps Muscular Endurance Muscular Endurance
Warm-up Contraction Negative Phase
Repetitions (REPS) Flexibility Extension
Positive Phase: Cool-down Resistance
Set Muscular Strength Metabolism
Fill in the blanks:
16. A condition in which progressive loss of bone tissue occurs is called ______>
17. Speed of the movement: A reasonable training pace is ______seconds for the lifting portion of the exercise and ______seconds for the lowering portion of the move. Fast, jerky movements should be avoided.
18. Increases in muscle size and strength don’t occur while you’re training, they occur during the ______. This is when your muscles recover and ______, gradually becoming bigger and stronger. The recovery process takes at least ______.
19. There are between ______muscles in the human body.
20. Your ______is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.