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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 first health appraisal test?






2. What is MET?






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






4. What does a non fatigue test test?






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






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






7. What is a normal LDL?






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






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






10. Where do sprains happen?






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






12. What is the first health appraisal test?






13. What is a negative risk factor?






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






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






16. What is considered hypoglycemia?






17. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






19. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






21. What is a normal LDL?






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






23. What does a 1RM test for?






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






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






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






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






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






29. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






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






31. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






33. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






34. 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?






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






36. What system are the lungs in?






37. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






38. Where is the superiliac?






39. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






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






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






43. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






44. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






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






48. What system calms heart rate down?






49. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for woman?






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