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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. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






3. How do you spot a lunge?






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






5. Where do sprains happen?






6. 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?






7. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






9. What replenishes ATP?






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






11. What is speed strength training?






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






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






14. What is an obese BMI?






15. What system are the lungs in?






16. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






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






18. What is amenorrhea?






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






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






21. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






23. How much room between machines?






24. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






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






27. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






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






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






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






32. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






33. What kind of fibers show better gains in hypertrophy?






34. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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






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






37. Where is the superiliac?






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






39. What is an obese BMI?






40. What is a normal BMI?






41. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






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






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






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






46. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






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






49. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






50. What releses cortisol?