Shape Up: Fitness Pop Quiz! How Do You
Measure Up?
By Darrell
W. Butler
Published Wednesday,
May 21, 2008
Hey
what’s good everybody? Break out those
Number 2 pencils, because it’s time for a
fitness pop quiz!
Although
I’ve included a few topics that we haven’t
discussed yet, many of the answers can be
found in past editions of this column.
With that
said, let’s test out your Fitness IQ with a
round of 20 questions. Good luck!
1. Which of the
following would someone who is 38 have a
MAXIMUM heart rate
of?
A)
225 beats per minute
B) 128
beats per minute
C) 119
beats per minute
D) 182
beats per minute
The
following is a sample label from the back of
a can of soup.
Nutrition
Facts:
Serving
Size 1 cup (245g)
Servings
per Container – 2.5
Calories:
120
Total
Fat: 8g
Sodium:
960mg
Total
Carbohydrate: 26g
Protein:
12g
2.
If you ate the entire can,
how many grams of fat would you have
consumed?
A) 8
grams
B) 16
grams
C) 20
grams
D) 8000
grams
3. Which of the
following is
not a source of protein?
A)
Beans
B) Eggs
C) Fish
D) All
of the above are sources of protein
4.
Vitamins are primarily classified by the way
that they are dissolved into the human body
(otherwise known
as solubility). Those two ways are which of
the following?
A) With
water (water soluble) and with fat (fat
soluble)
B) With
water (water soluble) and with protein
(protein soluble)
C) With
protein (protein soluble) and with
carbohydrates (carb soluble)
D) With
Grey Goose (vodka soluble) and cranberry
juice (tipsy soluble)
5.
Which of the following contains the most
fiber?
A) 4
tablespoons of raisins
B) 1 cup
of cooked spinach
C) 1 cup
of cooked corn
D) 2
slices of white bread
6. What is the
primary muscle group trained during a bench
press?
A)
Biceps
B)
Quadriceps
C)
Pectorals
D)
Obliques
7.
True or False: Fat weighs more than muscle
A)
True
B) False
8.
Alcohol has how many calories per gram?
A)
7
B) 3
C) 29
D) 5
9.
Tofu is a form of whey or soy protein?
A)
Whey
B) Soy
10.
Approximately what percent of human body
weight is composed of water?
A) 9
B) 28
C) 77
D) 60
11.
The nontumorous enlargement of a muscle due
to growth is also known as which of the
following?
A)
Atrophy
B)
Anemia
C)
Hypertrophy
D)
Dialysis
12.
Which of the following would not be
classified as a high blood pressure
(hypertension) reading?
A)
140/90 mm Hg
B)
145/100 mm Hg
C)
118/55 mm Hg
D) All
of the above would be classified as
hypertension
13.
True or False: Your biceps muscle accounts
for two-thirds the total size of your arm.
A)
True
B) False
14. Which of the
following is
commonly referred to as the “building block
of muscle?”
A)
Protein
B)
Carbohydrates
C) Water
D)
Doritos
15. Which of the
following is
not a cardio activity?
A)
Swimming
B)
Running
C)
Basketball
D) All
of the above are cardio activities
16. What
is the caloric value of 60 milligrams of
Vitamin C?
A)
60 Calories
B) 120
Calories
C) 0
Calories
D) 30
Calories
17.
Where is your trapezius muscle located?
A)
Between your wrist and your elbow
B) From
your neck across your shoulders and down
your back
C) At
the base of your leg between your knee and
ankle
D)
Surrounding your heart between your lung and
sternum
18.
True or False: Eating less will help to
speed up your metabolism.
A) True
B) False
19. If you ran a
mile,
how many feet would you have run?
A) 1760
feet
B) 3808
feet
C) 5280
feet
D) 2460
feet
20. If you
consistently consume more calories than you
burn off each day,
how will your weight be affected?
A) You
will gain weight
B) You
will lose weight
C) Your
weight will stay the same
Okay,
pencils down! That’s the end of the test.
Let’s check the scorecards!
The
Answers:
1. D -
182 beats per minute
2. C -
20 grams
3. D -
All of the above are sources of protein
4. A -
With water (water soluble) and with fat (fat
soluble)
5. B - 1
cup of cooked spinach
6. C -
Pectorals
7. B -
False
8. A - 7
9. B -
Soy
10. D -
60
11. C -
Hypertrophy
12. C –
118/55 mm Hg
13. B -
False
14. A -
Protein
15. D –
All of the above are cardio activities
16. C –
0 Calories
17. B –
From your neck across your shoulders and
down your back
18. B -
False
19. C -
5280
20. A –
You will gain weight
The
Verdict:
0-5 right
= BOOTLEG
6-10
right = GOLD
11-16
right = PLATINUM
17-20
right = DIAMOND
So how
did you do? Hopefully there weren’t too
many Bootleggers out there. Scoring less
than five on this quiz would be like K-fed
trying to rap. Not a good thing.
But don’t
worry; you can always study up so that
you’ll do better next time around. Try
rereading past editions of Shape Up and by
visiting isperformance.com. Many of the
newer topics will also be discussed in
greater detail during upcoming editions of
Shape Up!
Until
next time be good…or be good at it.
-Darrell
Here is
the MP3 soundtrack to go along with this
edition’s topic:
“Think
About It” – Special Ed
“99
Problems” – Jay-Z
“Higher
Level” – KRS-One