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Personal Training Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What do you use to test a sub maximal aerobic capacity?






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






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






4. What is a normal LDL?






5. What is the purpose of an assesment?






6. What 4 things do you need to prove when sueing trainer?






7. What do you use to test muscular strength?






8. What is MET?






9. This evaluation happens before or during a workout with the client?






10. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






11. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






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






14. What releses cortisol?






15. How much room should you have between olympic weight lifting barbells?






16. What system are the lungs in?






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






18. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






19. What is hyperpnea?






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






21. What is a rockport test?






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






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






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






25. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






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






28. What is tinea pedis?






29. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






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






32. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






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






34. What is a normal MET rating?






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






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






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






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






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






40. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






41. Where do sprains happen?






42. What is the Karnonen Formula?






43. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






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






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






47. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






48. What are general warm ups?






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






50. What are general warm ups?