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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. What does the gluteus medius do for the hips?






2. How much room should you have between olympic weight lifting barbells?






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






4. Is multi joint exercises closed or open kinetic chain workouts?






5. How much room between machines?






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






7. What is a rockport test?






8. How many exercises should you give a beginning client?






9. What releses cortisol?






10. What is a legal doctrine by which employers can be found vigorously liable for the negligent acts of their employees?






11. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






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






14. When does HDL become a risk factor?






15. With a disc problem should you do squats or deadlifts?






16. This evaluation happens before or during a workout with the client?






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






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






19. What is the best type of training for diabetics?






20. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






22. What replenishes ATP?






23. What part of the shoulder is targeted during seated front press?






24. What is a normal LDL?






25. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






26. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






28. How does a trainer place his hands when spotting a flat bench press?






29. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






30. What is a normal LDL?






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






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






33. How much room between machines?






34. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






35. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






36. 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?






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






38. What system calms heart rate down?






39. What is hyperpnea?






40. What is MET?






41. What is a negative risk factor?






42. What is a stretch followed by an explosive movement?






43. What does a 1RM test for?






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






45. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






47. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






48. What system are the lungs in?






49. Are leg raise and curls open or closed kinetic chain workouts?






50. What is amenorrhea?