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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 months should you loose 10% of your weight?






2. What is the purpose of an assesment?






3. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






4. 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?






5. What is a normal BMI?






6. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






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






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






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






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






12. What can't LDL scores go over?






13. What is the final evaluation made when a client compltes a specified training period?






14. What is a rockport test?






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






16. What is spondylolysis?






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






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






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






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






21. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






23. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






25. Is multi joint exercises closed or open kinetic chain workouts?






26. Where is the superiliac?






27. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






28. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






29. What is considered hypoglycemia?






30. Where is the superiliac?






31. What kind of lever are the applied and resistive force on opposite sides od the fulcrum?






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






33. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






34. What replenishes ATP?






35. What is a negative risk factor?






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






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






38. What is the synthesis of a larger molecule from a smaller molecule?






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






40. What is hypoglycemia?






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






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






43. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






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






46. What system are the lungs in?






47. What does a non fatigue test test?






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






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






50. What is your hips doing during a lunge?