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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 the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






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






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






5. What is MET?






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






7. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






9. 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?






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






11. What are used to compare the preformance of an individual against another person in a like category?






12. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






14. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






15. What does the gluteus medius do for the hips?






16. What 3 assesments shouldn't you have old people do?






17. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






18. What does RPE stand for?






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






20. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






21. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






23. What can't LDL scores go over?






24. What system calms heart rate down?






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






26. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






28. What is amenorrhea?






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






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






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






32. What is a negative risk factor?






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






34. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






35. What is a rockport test?






36. When does HDL become a risk factor?






37. What is the first health appraisal test?






38. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






40. How many calories should you drop a day to loose 1-2 pounds a week?






41. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






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






44. What are used to compare the preformance of an individual against another person in a like category?






45. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






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






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






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






49. What do you use to test muscular strength?






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