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






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






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






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






5. What is an obese BMI?






6. What is the first health appraisal test?






7. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






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






10. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






12. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






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






15. What do you use to test muscular strength?






16. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






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






19. What is the synchronization of motor units?






20. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






21. What system are the lungs in?






22. How do you spot a lunge?






23. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






24. What movement do injuries happen most?






25. How many cups of water should you have a day?






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






27. What system calms heart rate down?






28. What does RPE stand for?






29. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






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






32. What is a negative risk factor?






33. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






34. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






36. What tell body What is going on when not looking?






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






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






39. What is the Karnonen Formula?






40. What kind of test can be repeated with accuracy?






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






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






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






44. What is a rockport test?






45. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






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






47. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






48. What is MET?






49. What does a 1RM test for?






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