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Personal Training Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






2. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






4. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






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






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






8. What releses cortisol?






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






10. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






12. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






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






15. Where is the superiliac?






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






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






18. What is amenorrhea?






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






20. A trainer does a test and gets the same results 2 days later this test is?






21. What is a rockport test?






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






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






24. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






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






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






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






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






30. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






32. How many sets should you do for a hypertrophy goal?






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






34. How do you spot a lunge?






35. What is a specific minimal standard that trainers can use on clients to let them know whether their score was average enough to be considered healthy?






36. What muscles does the bent over row underhand supinated grip isolate?






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






38. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






40. What system calms heart rate down?






41. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






42. How much room between machines?






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






44. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






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






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






47. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






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






50. What releses cortisol?