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Personal Training Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






2. What is the formula for a target heart rate?






3. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






4. What is the Karnonen Formula?






5. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






6. What do you use to test an agility test?






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






8. 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?






9. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






10. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






11. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






13. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






14. What is a rockport test?






15. What do you use to test a sub maximal aerobic capacity?






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






17. What is it called when a test is repeated with the same people within 1-3 days unless it requires maximal effort then it is 7 days?






18. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






19. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






20. What is considered hypoglycemia?






21. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






22. What is a rockport test?






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






24. What is it called when a test is repeated with the same people within 1-3 days unless it requires maximal effort then it is 7 days?






25. What is the synchronization of motor units?






26. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






27. What 4 things do you need to prove when sueing trainer?






28. What is a normal LDL?






29. What does a 1RM test for?






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






31. What is a test that can differientiate the fit and non fit clients?






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






33. What do you use to test muscular strength?






34. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






35. What type of scores show the best - worst and inbetween scores of the participants by rankings?






36. How many cups of water should you have a day?






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






38. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






39. What is tinea pedis?






40. What is the primary reason for strength gains in pre-adolescent?






41. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






43. What is amenorrhea?






44. What is the purpose of an assesment?






45. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






46. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






48. What is MET?






49. What is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?






50. What is hypoglycemia?