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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 long should you hold static stretches for?






2. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






3. What is a negative risk factor?






4. What do you use to test a Local muscular endurance?






5. 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?






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






7. What is amenorrhea?






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






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






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






11. What is the tendacy of a muscle to assume a new and greater length after a passive stretch and after the load is removed?






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






13. 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?






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






15. What system calms heart rate down?






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






17. What is hyperpnea?






18. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






20. What is an obese BMI?






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






22. What is the tendacy of a muscle to assume a new and greater length after a passive stretch and after the load is removed?






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






24. What are general warm ups?






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






26. What is amenorrhea?






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






28. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






29. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






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






32. What replenishes ATP?






33. How should you test a pregnant woman's intensity?






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






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






36. What shouldn't your fasting glucose be over?






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






38. How much room between machines?






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






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






41. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






42. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?






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






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






45. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






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






48. What releses cortisol?






49. Is a lunge closed or open kinetic chain workout?






50. What are general warm ups?