Exam 16: Moving Objects: Pushing and Pulling

Which of the following is a stretching technique in which one attempts to achieve relaxation of the stretched muscle through reciprocal innervation and/or a tendon organ response?

Describe an exercise for flexibility that uses the concept of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation. Explain your rationale for this choice of exercise.

Why is it more difficult to perform a sit-up when the hands are clasped behind the head than when the arms are kept at the side?

What type of muscular exercise uses a weight machine with an irregular shaped cam?

How do plyometric jumping exercises act to increase one's vertical jump height?

Consider the exercise of slow leg raising and lowering in the supine, long lying position. What is the function of the abdominal muscles during the lowering phase and what type of contraction is involved?

What type of exercise is an exercise in which the velocity of muscle contraction is controlled?

Which is the most important factor in designing exercises for maximum strength?

List and discuss four factors that must be considered in any evaluation of a particular exercise.

Why should a person not "bounce" during stretching exercises?

What differences would exist between an exercise program whose goal is endurance and one for which strength is the program goal?

Which of the following exercises strengthens all of the abdominal muscles most effectively.

Which muscle is the individual trying to neutralize when doing a sit-up with the hips flexed as much as possible?

What form of exercise are "negative lifts"?

Which of the following would be the correct order for a series of exercises to strengthen the triceps and the pectorals when using the concept of progressive resistance exercises? 1) bent knee pushup 2) dips on a bar 3) full length pushups 4) full pull-ups