Quiz #2 - Basic Moves Made Better - Water Exercise Coach Online Education

1. Question

What statement best describes working at a moderate intensity (or 60% aquatic heart rate)?

a. Heart rate and breathing are starting to increase.
b. You have to breath through your mouth to get the oxygen you need.
c. Heart is pounding. Borderline uncomfortable.
d. Cannot keep pace very long, cannot speak. Your limit.

2. Question

When you cue participants to work at a rate of 7 (70% aquatic heart rate) on the intensity scale, you should observe the following from the instructor vantage:

a. All participants, breathing heavily, each creating waves of white capped water.
b. Propulsion impact level with every exercise.
c. All participants will appear different. It’s up to you as the instructor to coach participants to identify and find how it feels for them personally to be at a level 7 effort.
d. There are no indicators to instructors whether participants are at a 6, 7 or 8.

3. Question

You can simplify introduction of the intensity scale using a 3 scale measure. The terms used by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) describes this 3 scale measure of effort as being:

a. Slow, medium, fast
b. 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds
c. Grounded, level I, level II
d. Light, moderate, vigorous

4. Question

The aquatic exercise intensity scale should be stated and coached by an instructor:

a. In the warm-up to identify and feel expected work effort for the conditioning phase to follow.
b. In the conditioning phase multiple times to keep participants in the target training zone.
c. In the warm-down to help participants ensure they have returned to pre-training.
d. All of the above

5. Question

The Aquatic Exercise Intensity Scale is not important to training results.

a. True
b. False

6. Question

What statement best describes working at a moderate intensity (or 60% aquatic heart rate)?

a. Heart rate and breathing are starting to increase.
b. You have to breath through your mouth to get the oxygen you need.
c. Heart is pounding. Borderline uncomfortable.
d. Cannot keep pace very long, cannot speak. Your limit.

7. Question

When you cue participants to work at a rate of 7 (70% aquatic heart rate) on the intensity scale, you should observe the following from the instructor vantage:

a. All participants, breathing heavily, each creating waves of white capped water.
b. Propulsion impact level with every exercise.
c. All participants will appear different. It’s up to you as the instructor to coach participants to identify and find how it feels for them personally to be at a level 7 effort.
d. There are no indicators to instructors whether participants are at a 6, 7 or 8.

8. Question

You can simplify introduction of the intensity scale using a 3 scale measure. The terms used by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) describes this 3 scale measure of effort as being:

a. Slow, medium, fast
b. 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds
c. Grounded, level I, level II
d. Light, moderate, vigorous

9. Question

The aquatic exercise intensity scale should be stated and coached by an instructor:

a. In the warm-up to identify and feel expected work effort for the conditioning phase to follow.
b. In the conditioning phase multiple times to keep participants in the target training zone.
c. In the warm-down to help participants ensure they have returned to pre-training.
d. All of the above

10. Question

The Aquatic Exercise Intensity Scale is not important to training results.

a. True
b. False

Quiz #2 - Basic Moves Made Better