What's your health and fitness IQ

When it comes to health and fitness do you know your glutes from your quads? Or are you the kind of girl who doesn’t even know how to work a treadmill? You took our quiz, now find out how you fared…

1.   A –Cardio exercise helps improve your oxygen system. Cardio workouts you can try: running, cycling, and swimming.
2.   C – Exercise increases your energy levels and serotonin in the brain, which leads to improved mental clarity. See, exercise makes you smarter!
3.   B – The dance-exercise that’ll get you shedding the kilos is called Zumba. If you’re ask for Zumbo, you might just find yourself with a delicious pastry.
4.   C – BMI stands for Body Mass Index and it is used to determine a person’s body fat content. The Breathing Mass Index and Body Measurement Index don’t exist.
5.   A – A ‘normal’ BMI sits between 18.5 and 24.9, 25 – 29.9 is considered overweight, while 30+ is considered obese. Though don’t take this as gospel, as there are many varying views about the BMI and its calculations!
6.   B – Research has shown that exercise can slow or help prevent stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, and loss of muscle mass. So get on that cross-trainer!
7.   B – Carbohydrate foods that break down slowly and release glucose in the blood stream have a low GI, meaning you’ll be fuller for longer.
8.   B – You should never exercise through physical pain (unless your workout is part of a rehabilitation program), as it’s usually a warning of an injury.
9.   C – If you only know kilojoules in food, divide it by four (or 4.18 if you want to get technical) to find out how many calories you’re consuming.
10.   A – Skipping with a rope burns about 261 calories in a 30 minute period, while aerobics would burn 183 calories, and walking would only burn 103 calories.

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