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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 doesn't the norm referenced percentile scoring system not show?






2. What can't LDL scores go over?






3. What are general warm ups?






4. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






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






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






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






9. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






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






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






13. How do you spot a lunge?






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






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






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






17. What does a 1RM test for?






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






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






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






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






22. What does a non fatigue test test?






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






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






25. What is a normal LDL?






26. What is an obese BMI?






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






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






29. What is hypoglycemia?






30. What is a rockport test?






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






32. Where is the superiliac?






33. How long should you hold static stretches for?






34. 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?






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






36. What is amenorrhea?






37. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






38. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






40. What type of scores show the best - worst and inbetween scores of the participants by rankings?






41. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






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






44. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






46. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






47. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






48. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






50. What is the loss of muscle mass called?