Strength Training Exam:
Weightlifting Questions and Answers
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Adduction - -Hip ______ works the inner thigh muscles
- Barbell - -a steel bar, 5-7 feet long on which circular iron plates of known
weight may be placed
- Bench - -Do this press to work pectorals and triceps
- Bodybuilding - -a type of body conditioning by resistance excercises
- Curl - -The thigh ______ works the hamstring
- Cheating - -A lift that is executed with the addition of muscle groups other
than the prime movers involved in the lift
- Clean - -The power clean or beginning phase of the clean and jerk
- Dumbbell - -A short barbell, 12-16 inches, with fixed or removable weight
plates
- Endurance - -measure of weight lifted in reps over a period of time
- Free - -These weights include barbells and dumbbells
- Lats - -Shorten for the latissimus dorsi muscle of the back
- Hoffman - -most famous US Olympic Team weightlifting coach
- Milo - -Legendary Greek inventor of weight lifting
- Nautilus - -A type of weightlifting machine
- Olympic - -Ultimate weightlifting competition
- Overload principle - -Progressively increasing the intensity of the workout
over the course of the training program
- Pecs - -Short for the pectoralis major muscles of the chest
- Power - -Measure of weight lifting within a specific time
Weightlifting Questions and Answers
A+ Rated
Adduction - -Hip ______ works the inner thigh muscles
- Barbell - -a steel bar, 5-7 feet long on which circular iron plates of known
weight may be placed
- Bench - -Do this press to work pectorals and triceps
- Bodybuilding - -a type of body conditioning by resistance excercises
- Curl - -The thigh ______ works the hamstring
- Cheating - -A lift that is executed with the addition of muscle groups other
than the prime movers involved in the lift
- Clean - -The power clean or beginning phase of the clean and jerk
- Dumbbell - -A short barbell, 12-16 inches, with fixed or removable weight
plates
- Endurance - -measure of weight lifted in reps over a period of time
- Free - -These weights include barbells and dumbbells
- Lats - -Shorten for the latissimus dorsi muscle of the back
- Hoffman - -most famous US Olympic Team weightlifting coach
- Milo - -Legendary Greek inventor of weight lifting
- Nautilus - -A type of weightlifting machine
- Olympic - -Ultimate weightlifting competition
- Overload principle - -Progressively increasing the intensity of the workout
over the course of the training program
- Pecs - -Short for the pectoralis major muscles of the chest
- Power - -Measure of weight lifting within a specific time
