Test Your (Mental) Strength

 

 

What should you do before any strenuous exercise?

a. Sleep

b. Eat a large meal

c. warm up slowly

d. run or jog to raise your pulse

 

A nutritious meal for a dancer would include which of the following?

a. a candy bar (high in fat and sugar)

b. a banana and yogurt with granola

c. a meal comprised solely of rice (a carbohydrate)

d. skip the meal -- dancers need to be thin

 

What form of dance serves as the foundation for other types of motion?

a. Ballet

b. Jazz

c. Modern dance

d. Tap dance

 

Which of the following displays incorrect alignment?

a. Knees pointing over the toes

b. Arms and head resting comfortably over the rib cage

c. Feet rolling over arches

d. Slight curvature of the spine

 

What should you do of you feel pain in the ankles, knees, or lower back?

a Work through the pain and keep exercising

b. Keep exercising but see a doctor later

c. Rest for a little while, but when the pain does not go a way, decide that resting is obviously futile and go back to exercising

d. Stop exercising immediately and see a doctor as soon as possible

 

 

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