Rachel wants to improve her body composition by reducing her BMI. She swims with her friends after school two days a week and ea
ts a well-balanced diet. What else should she do to ensure that she properly applies all the necessary FITT principles in her plan? A. She should add more cardiovascular training and weight training to her exercise routine and eat several low-calorie meals throughout the day. B. She should increase her swimming workouts to five days a week and eat a high-calorie diet that equals 2,500 calories. C. She should add a few days of weight training to her exercise routine and consume 4,000 calories a day. D. She should eat a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet and add five days of weight training to her exercise routine.
The answer is A. She should add more cardiovascular training and weight training to her exercise routine and eat several low-calorie meals a day.
The other options consist of diets unfit for Rachel, either unhealthy fad diets or ones too high in calories. Both B. and D. also include unsafe exercise plans that could cause her to experience overload, become fatigued, and possibly lead to injury.
