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






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






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






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






5. What does a 1RM test for?






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






7. What is a negative risk factor?






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






9. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






11. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






12. What is the formula for a target heart rate?






13. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






14. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






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






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






17. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






19. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for men?






20. 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?






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






22. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






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






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






26. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






27. What is MET?






28. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






29. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






30. What is the Karnonen Formula?






31. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






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






33. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






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






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






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






37. How much room between machines?






38. What type of lipids carry large amounts of cholesterol and deposit around the body?






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






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






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






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






43. What part of the shoulder is targeted during seated front press?






44. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






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






47. Where do sprains happen?






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






49. What does RPE stand for?






50. How long should you hold static stretches for?