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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is exhaled each time resistance is experienced?

2. How much of a rest period should you have between sets in weight training?

3. On what areas does Schwarzenegger say you concentrate on Mondays and Thursdays in an accelerated training program?

4. How can limitations in body type be overcome with respect to bodybuilding?

5. How is weight training used in other sports addition to the sport of bodybuilding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome of the Mr. World contest?

2. In Part Two, Chapter Three, what are three considerations when selecting a gym?

3. What muscles are developed by the "Dips between Chairs" exercise in freehand training?

4. In weightlifting, what process takes forty-eight hours to accomplish?

5. What happens when a bodybuilder becomes muscle bound?

6. In Part One, Chapter Seven, describe the benefits received by Arnold and Joe Weider after Arnold comes to America under Weider's sponsorship.

7. List at least three rules to follow once one begins training in a weight training gym.

8. Describe two considerations when choosing the amount of weight with which to train in accelerated progressive resistance weight training.

9. What are several important factors to consider when developing the muscle groups?

10. What muscle groups are worked on Mondays and Thursdays in a weight training program?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arnold devotes several pages in the book to the importance of nutritional and balanced eating in order to develop muscles.

Arnold lists four basic food groups in his book, published in 1977. Research the food groups published this year by the U.S. government, and then compare and contrast the differences in the two philosophies.

What is your opinion of Arnold's recommendations given the year in which he publishes them and the fact that that they are based on personal experience?

Essay Topic 2

During Arnold's compulsory year of Austrian Army service, he considers the situation and then takes a risk to leave the base without permission in order to compete in the Mr. Europe Junior bodybuilding competition.

What factors from Arnold's upbringing and passion for bodybuilding do you think motivate Arnold to take this risk?

Why do you think that Arnold's winning trophy is sufficient to help him endure the seven days of confinement, and what does this say to you about Arnold's internal fortitude?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss two or three things that you personally have learned as a result of reading this book and the class and homework learning experiences.

Explain the importance of what you learned in each case, and why your new knowledge might make you a different or better person as you grow older.

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