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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 is a bad waist to hip circumference for woman?






2. What is an obese BMI?






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






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






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






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






7. What is an obese BMI?






8. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






10. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






12. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






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






15. What system are the lungs in?






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






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






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






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






20. What does RPE stand for?






21. What is the purpose of an assesment?






22. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






24. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






26. What is spondylolysis?






27. What is hypoglycemia?






28. What is the difference between a persons observed score and the persons true score






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






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






31. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






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






34. What is it called when a test tests What is supposed to be tested?






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






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






37. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






39. What is a normal MET rating?






40. What is MET?






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






42. What replenishes ATP?






43. When does HDL become a risk factor?






44. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






45. What is a normal LDL?






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






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






48. 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?






49. What releses cortisol?






50. What is speed strength training?