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Personal Training Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How do you spot a lunge?






2. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






3. What is a specific minimal standard that trainers can use on clients to let them know whether their score was average enough to be considered healthy?






4. What doesn't the norm referenced percentile scoring system not show?






5. What type of fast twitch fiber deals with anaerobic activity?






6. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






7. What is the final evaluation made when a client compltes a specified training period?






8. What does the gluteus medius do for the hips?






9. What do you use to test an anaerobic capacity test?






10. What age must family member die of heart attack to make it a positive risk factor?






11. What do you use to test muscular strength?






12. What is spondylolysis?






13. A trainer does a test and gets the same results 2 days later this test is?






14. What is a rockport test?






15. What system calms heart rate down?






16. How many sets should you do for a hypertrophy goal?






17. What is multiple sclerosis?






18. How long should you hold static stretches for?






19. What part of the shoulder is blown during arm raises?






20. What is it called when the foot is inward when walking?






21. What are general warm ups?






22. What system are the lungs in?






23. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?






24. What does it mean when a test measures what it claims to be?






25. What is it called when a measurement of the same trait under the same conditions yields the same results from one trial to another?






26. What 3 assesments shouldn't you have old people do?






27. What puts the curve into the lumbar and pulls the spine into position?






28. How do you add up volume when doing plyometrics?






29. How many calories should you drop a day to loose 1-2 pounds a week?






30. How many inches is a risk factor for a woman's waist?






31. What muscles does the bent over row target in a pronated grip?






32. How many calories should you drop a day to loose 1-2 pounds a week?






33. When does HDL become a risk factor?






34. What does a 1RM test for?






35. What releses cortisol?






36. Which hand position should a spotter hold the bar in a lying tricep extension?






37. What movement do injuries happen most?






38. What is the purpose of an assesment?






39. What is speed strength training?






40. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for men?






41. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






42. What kind of lever are the applied and resistive force on opposite sides od the fulcrum?






43. Which hand position should a spotter hold the bar in a lying tricep extension?






44. What form tells about past surgieries and risk factors for cad?






45. What is amenorrhea?






46. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






47. What is the purpose of an assesment?






48. What is hypoglycemia?






49. What can't LDL scores go over?






50. How much room between machines?