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1. What is the first health appraisal test?
over 1.03
No
2 feet
Par-Q

2. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?
Whether the score is healthy or not
Hinge type joints
Closed
Hand and wrist

3. What type of lipids carry large amounts of cholesterol and deposit around the body?
LDL
300 yard run
Bulimia
Amount of foot contacts

4. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?
1 min. sit up
50-85%
Gather data and make goals
6

5. How many months of strength training should you do before doing plyometrics?
1 Exercise per muscle group
3
3 feet
Fracture of the lumbar

6. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?
Ligaments
Trunk and abs
Reliability
14-60

7. What is speed strength training?
35
Stroke
Upper part of the trapezius and bicep brachii
Maximum force at high velocities

8. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?
Informed Consent
Open
1st class lever
Hinge type joints

9. What do you use to test muscular strength?
Over pronation
Above Hip
Standard error of measurement
3RM Bench

10. What movement do injuries happen most?
Resistance Training
3
Eccentric
HDL over 60

11. What system calms heart rate down?
Under 100
Supraspinatus
30 seconds
Parasympathetic

12. What is hypoglycemia?
3 feet
under 65
Informed Consent
RPE

13. What does RPE stand for?
Rate of perceived exertions
Gather data and make goals
Health medical questionaire
over 1.03

14. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for men?
Fracture of the lumbar
3-6
over 1.03
Subjective obsefvations

15. What does a 1RM test for?
Muscular strength
Subjective obsefvations
Tachycardia
35

16. How many sets should you do for a hypertrophy goal?
Supraspinatus
3-6
Athletes foot
HRRxIntensity+Resting Heart Rate

17. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?
Above Hip
Hand and wrist
Resting oxygen uptake
50-85%

18. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?
14-60
Test retest method
30-34.9
Supraspinatus

19. What joint has the greatest range of motion?
Gastrohumeral
Plyometric
3 feet
Resting oxygen uptake

20. What is tinea pedis?
Athletes foot
Supraspinatus
Resting oxygen uptake
Cardiorespitory system

21. Which energy system makes the most ATP?
1.5 Mile run
Oxidative
Par-Q
Hip flexor

22. What releses cortisol?
50-85%
Amount of foot contacts
Reliability
Adrenal cortex

23. A trainer does a test and gets the same results 2 days later this test is?
Alternated
Reliable
140xintensityx50%+RHR
6

24. What is amenorrhea?
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months
Parasympathetic
Duty - Breach of duty - causation and damage
30 seconds

25. What are general warm ups?
Jogging - jumping rope and cycling
RPE
40
Athletes foot

26. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?
Lifestyle inventories
40-50%
Criterion Referenced Standards
14-60

27. How many months should you loose 10% of your weight?
Increase
over 1.03
6
Summative evaluation

28. A trainer does a test and gets the same results 2 days later this test is?
3 feet
10
Reliable
Supraspinatus

29. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?
HDL over 60
Parasympathetic
48-72 hours
Summative evaluation

30. What doesn't the norm referenced percentile scoring system not show?
Tachycardia
HDL over 60
Whether the score is healthy or not
Neural adaptations

31. How many calories should you drop a day to loose 1-2 pounds a week?
Plyometric
2 feet
48-72 hours
500-1000

32. What is the primary reason for strength gains in pre-adolescent?
Tachycardia
55
Neural adaptations
Closed

33. What movement do injuries happen most?
Whether the score is healthy or not
Hip flexor
Eccentric
Construct validity

34. What releses cortisol?
60-75%
Rate of perceived exertions
Gather data and make goals
Adrenal cortex

35. What is it called when a measurement of the same trait under the same conditions yields the same results from one trial to another?
Reliability
Motor Unit
Upper part of the trapezius and bicep brachii
10

36. What does a 1RM test for?
Reliable
Muscular strength
Hip extension
2b

37. When does HDL become a risk factor?
18.5-24.9
under 35
Muscular strength
type 2

38. What form tells about past surgieries and risk factors for cad?
Increase depth of breathing
Health medical questionaire
Above Hip
Adrenal cortex

39. What is a normal BMI?
18.5-24.9
Neural adaptations
Criterion Referenced Standards
under 65

40. What is the communication between 2 nerves?
Ligaments
Reliable
Synapse
Hips and thighs

41. What 4 things do you need to prove when sueing trainer?
Duty - Breach of duty - causation and damage
110
Criterion Referenced Standards
50-85%

42. Is a lunge closed or open kinetic chain workout?
Muscular strength
Closed
12-14
Rate of perceived exertions

43. Is a lunge closed or open kinetic chain workout?
Sarcopenia
800
Eccentric
Closed

44. What replenishes ATP?
Creatine Monohydrate
LDL
LDL
Under 100

45. What is autonomic dysreflexia?
LDL
Reliable test
Ligaments
Spinal cord injury that causes bad blood pressure

46. What is a normal MET rating?
Stand behind client and move with client
Resting oxygen uptake
Upper part of the trapezius and bicep brachii
10-22.9

47. What do you use to test an agility test?
Test retest method
Agility test
Plasicity
YMCA ergometer test - 1.5 mile run and 12min. run test

48. What is a rockport test?
55
How long it takes you to get a mile
Flexability
30-34.9

49. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?
Take 1 rep times it by .80
Stroke
Flexability
Increase

50. What do you use to test a sub maximal aerobic capacity?
Under 65
Open
1.5 Mile run
Criterion Referenced Standards