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Quiz Time!

[ 16 ] 01/30/2009 |

Take out your pencils girls and boys, it’s time for your Heart Healthy Workout Quiz. Write your answers in the comment section below. Keep your eyes on your own paper, no cheating, and lay your head down on your desk when you have finished. We will discuss the answers a little bit later. ;o)

  1. Regular physical activity is an important step toward a healthy heart. What other steps can you take to reduce your risk of heart attack?
    1. stop smoking
    2. reduce high blood pressure
    3. maintain proper blood cholesterol levels
  2. If running marathons is not your idea of regular exercise, you can work up a heart-healthy sweat in your everyday life in a lot of ways. What are some of them?
    1. sitting in a sauna
    2. walking
    3. vigorous vacuuming
    4. mowing lawn with push mower
    5. gardening
    6. baking brownies
    7. raking leaves
    8. dancing
  3. Children are more physically fit today than they were a generation ago.
    • True
    • False
  4. What is the most common excuse for not engaging in physical activity?
  5. Besides being an important way to get ready for bathing suit season, regular physical activity can also benefit your health and well-being by improving which of the following?:
    1. blood cholesterol
    2. high blood pressure
    3. energy level
    4. sleeping patterns
    5. weight
  6. A heart-healthy schedule should involve at least 30 minutes of physical activity on most days of the week.
    • True
    • False
  7. A complete physical fitness program should involve activities that promote endurance, strength and flexibility.
    • True
    • False

8. What should you do first before starting a vigorous exercise program if you’re middle-aged or older, have been sedentary, are overweight or have a serious medical condition?

9. What form of physical activity has the lowest dropout rate?

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    About Lissa: Melissa is the Co-Founder of Shrinking Kitchen and the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans She has been married for a dozen years and is mother to four children (15,12, 8 and 8), with more soon coming her way through the foster care system. Melissa has a love/hate relationship with food (okay, mostly candy) and cooking. This isn't improved by the fact that her husband, the true family chef, works in another city half the year, leaving Melissa to figure out how to feed her growing family something other than Pop-Tarts. Melissa loves her camera, enjoys traveling, kickboxing, creating beautiful things she finds on Pinterest, and planning her dream home that will be built… someday. melissa@shrinkingjeans.net :: @lissajoy :: whereverimaywander.com :: pinning here View author profile.

    • http://mylifeatthirty.blogspot.com April

      1. a, b, and c
      2. all of them
      3. false
      4. “I don’t have time.”
      5. all of them
      6. true
      7. consult with your doctor
      8. running

      Have a great day everyone!

    • http://mylifeatthirty.blogspot.com April

      1. a, b, and c
      2. all of them
      3. false
      4. “I don’t have time.”
      5. all of them
      6. true
      7. consult with your doctor
      8. running

      Have a great day everyone!

    • http://www.imadramamama.wordpress.com Thea @ I’m a Drama Mama

      1. all of them
      2. all of them
      3. False
      4. No time
      5. all of them
      6. True
      7. True
      8. talk to your doctor
      9. Walking

    • http://www.imadramamama.wordpress.com Thea @ I’m a Drama Mama

      1. all of them
      2. all of them
      3. False
      4. No time
      5. all of them
      6. True
      7. True
      8. talk to your doctor
      9. Walking

    • http://roxymommy.wordpress.com Melissa F

      1. D – All of the above
      2. I – All of the above
      3. False
      4. Not enough time
      5. F – All of the above
      6. True
      7. True
      8. Go see your dr
      9. Uhhh- walking?

    • http://roxymommy.wordpress.com Melissa F

      1. D – All of the above
      2. I – All of the above
      3. False
      4. Not enough time
      5. F – All of the above
      6. True
      7. True
      8. Go see your dr
      9. Uhhh- walking?

    • http://mylifeatthirty.blogspot.com April

      Oops I messed up. Obviously I, the mathematician, can’t count.

      7. true
      8. consult your doctor
      9. running

    • http://mylifeatthirty.blogspot.com April

      Oops I messed up. Obviously I, the mathematician, can’t count.

      7. true
      8. consult your doctor
      9. running

    • http://www.hopeslifeadventure.com Hope

      1. All the above
      2. All except A & F (F spells danger for me!@!)
      3. False
      4. Not enough time!
      5. All the above
      6. True
      7. True
      8. Consult with your doctor
      9. Walking

    • http://www.hopeslifeadventure.com Hope

      1. All the above
      2. All except A & F (F spells danger for me!@!)
      3. False
      4. Not enough time!
      5. All the above
      6. True
      7. True
      8. Consult with your doctor
      9. Walking

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    • http://christy.shrinkingjeans.net Christy_TheSistherhood

      1. all 3
      2. all except F
      3. false
      4. no time
      5. all of them
      6. true
      7. true
      8. see your doctor
      9. anything you do with friends!

    • http://mensic.blogspot.com Christy

      1. all 3
      2. all except F
      3. false
      4. no time
      5. all of them
      6. true
      7. true
      8. see your doctor
      9. anything you do with friends!

    • http://boisetwit.blogspot.com/ Steph

      1. all
      2. is this a trick? baking brownies still burns calories right?? I’d say (All)
      3. false
      4. I’m too fat!
      5. All
      6. True
      7. Trus
      8. consult physician
      9. walking

    • http://boisetwit.blogspot.com/ Steph

      1. all
      2. is this a trick? baking brownies still burns calories right?? I’d say (All)
      3. false
      4. I’m too fat!
      5. All
      6. True
      7. Trus
      8. consult physician
      9. walking