Final Exam Study Guide

Aerobics Class

Final Exam Study Guide
Aerobics Class

Merrilee Shopland
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Questions:
How much water should you drink?
How many pounds a week should you safely lose?
Name the three essential nutrients.
What do vitamins do?
What do minerals do?
What do sit-ups help?
Why should you avoid large meals?
What's the two parts of a warm-up?
Should you work out seven days a week?
What is cross-training and why is it helpful?
What’s the RICE formula?
Besides Abs, crunches help what?
Name Benefits of Aerobics (know what increased stroke volume means)
Name some types of rhythmic aerobic exercises
What four things can be used to offer resistance for weight lifting?
Healthy Body Composition means a higher percentage of _________ and a lower percentage of ________.

Heart Disease:
Three highest risk factors?
Is heart disease America’s #1 killer?
Do women get heart disease as easily as men?
Cholesterol becomes a problem if it is higher than ____ milligrams.
Info on heart disease can be accessed at:
http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/shopland/heart_files/frame.htm
Info on Cancer, Stress, Nutrition, etc, can be accessed at
http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/shopland/cancer_stress.htm

Cancer:
Is cancer hereditary or do our lifestyles affect our chance of getting cancer?
What products can aggravate our chances of getting lung cancer?

Fat:
What's the function of fat?
What's the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats.
Know the formula for discovering what percentage of a product is fat.
What’s the main reason people are getting more and more obese today?

Stress:
Name eight ways to reduce stress.
What's the relationship between stress, your immune system and disease?
How does exercise reduce stress?

Review
Read “Care and prevention of injuries.”
Review knowledge tips at end of Ch 8-13.
Read about finding a fitness center-last chapter.
The ten steps Oprah recommends for maintaining an ideal body composition.