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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 much room should you have between olympic weight lifting barbells?






2. How many months should you loose 10% of your weight?






3. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






4. How long should you hold static stretches for?






5. How many calories is a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)?






6. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






7. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?






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






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






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






11. What is a rockport test?






12. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






14. What type of lipids carry large amounts of cholesterol and deposit around the body?






15. How many inches is a risk factor for male waists?






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






17. What is a good RPE to work old people out at?






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






19. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






20. 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?






21. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






23. What kind of fibers show better gains in hypertrophy?






24. What kind of test can be repeated with accuracy?






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






26. What is the purpose of an assesment?






27. What is a normal LDL?






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






29. What is the synthesis of a larger molecule from a smaller molecule?






30. What is amenorrhea?






31. What is hyperpnea?






32. What is multiple sclerosis?






33. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






34. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






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






36. What is tinea pedis?






37. How many months of strength training should you do before doing plyometrics?






38. How much room between machines?






39. What are general warm ups?






40. When does HDL become a risk factor?






41. What movement do injuries happen most?






42. What is a resting heart rate of or more than 100 beats per minute?






43. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






44. What is a negative risk factor?






45. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






46. What is spondylolysis?






47. What is a negative risk factor?






48. What is a normal BMI?






49. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






50. What muscles does the bent over row underhand supinated grip isolate?