Practice Exam

1. Lower back pain can be avoided by learning good riding posture.

2. When running, you should land on your heels and push off the front of your feet.

3. Always run on hard surfaces to get your feet used to longer distances.

4. One of the major risk factors to developing an injury is overtraining.

5. Take a breath for every stroke while swimming to increase oxygen intake.

6. What should you watch for while running?

7. An IT Band injury can cause pain on the outside of the knee.

8. Monitoring your heart rate is one way to make sure you are not overtraining.

9. Which of the following statements is true regarding preventing injuries?

10. What are some ways to be a stronger, more efficient runner?

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