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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 system calms heart rate down?






2. What do you use to test muscular strength?






3. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






5. Where do sprains happen?






6. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






8. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?






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






10. What part of the shoulder is blown during arm raises?






11. What is the synchronization of motor units?






12. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






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






14. What is a normal LDL?






15. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






17. What is a normal LDL?






18. 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?






19. What is the primary reason for strength gains in pre-adolescent?






20. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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






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






23. What is the first health appraisal test?






24. How many inches is a risk factor for a woman's waist?






25. What is the Karnonen Formula?






26. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






27. What system are the lungs in?






28. What is an obese BMI?






29. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






30. These type of observations are seen during the workout and it is when the client is making gains - better energy - better techniques and comments on body language?






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






32. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






33. How do you spot a lunge?






34. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






36. What can't LDL scores go over?






37. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






39. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for woman?






40. When does HDL become a risk factor?






41. What is considered hypoglycemia?






42. What is a negative risk factor?






43. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






44. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






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






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






47. What is a negative risk factor?






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






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






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