Flexibility

Question 1

Three major types of activities that can accomplish efficient warm-up

Answer 1

General warm-up
Activity-specific warm-up
Passive warm-up

Question 2

General warm-up

Answer 2

rhythmic and continuous movement and callisthenic exercises (Running, cycling, and jumping rope)

Question 3

Activity-specific warm-up

Answer 3

a movement that is actually a part of the main physical activity

Question 4

Passive warm-up

Answer 4

hot shower, a massage, and heat applications

Question 5

Flexibility

Answer 5

the ability of your joints to move through a full range of motion

Question 6

3 phases of flexibility

Answer 6

Corrective, active, and functional flexibility

Question 7

Corrective Flexibility

Answer 7

designed to correct muscle imbalances and improve joint ailments

Question 8

More than 30% of sports injuries are due to a lack of a warm-up. True or False?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a type of passive warm-up?
a) Heat application
b) Hot shower
c) Massage
d) Stretching

Answer 9

Stretching

Question 10

Because a warm-up can improve flexibility, stretching should be done after the warm-up. True or False?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are the three types of flexibility?

Answer 11

Corrective, active, and functional flexibility

Question 12

Where should a client with arthritis start on the flexibility continuum?

Answer 12

At the corrective flexibility phase of the flexibility continuum

Question 13

Which of the three phases belongs to the flexibility continuum?
a) Functional flexibility
b) Ballistic flexibility
c) Active flexibility
d) Corrective flexibility

Answer 13

Functional flexibility, active flexibillity, and corrective flexibility

Question 14

What is SMFR, and what does the acronym stand for?

Answer 14

It stands for Static stretching and self-myofascial release and is the technique involved in corrective flexibility.

Question 15

Which three factors should be included in the design of a training program?
a) Breathing
b) Running
c) Posture
d) Warming up

Answer 15

Breathing, posture, and warming up

Question 16

What is the purpose of the corrective flexibility phase?

Answer 16

To correct muscle imbalances and improve joint ailments

Question 17

Active flexibility

Answer 17

The second phase of the continuum entails using SMFR and active-isolated stretching to improve the efficiency of neuromuscular (nerve and muscular) interactions.

Question 18

Functional flexibility

Answer 18

Allows individuals to achieve maximum soft tissue and neuromuscular control extensibility through dynamic stretching and SMFR.

Question 19

What are the different forms of stretching?

Answer 19

Static, active, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, dynamic, and ballistic

Question 20

Static stretching

Answer 20

slow and sustained stretching to increase movement at the corresponding joint

Question 21

Passive stretching

Answer 21

A form of static stretching that requires assistance

Question 22

Active stretching

Answer 22

The person who is stretching supplies the force of the stretch

Question 23

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching

Answer 23

A technique to relax muscles with increased activity but has been expanded to improve the range of motion

Question 24

Dynamic stretching

Answer 24

Controlled arm and leg exercises that gradually increase the speed of movement, range of motion, and extensibility.

Question 25

Ballistic stretching

Answer 25

quick jerking and bonce-like movement on the resistant tissue