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Personal Training Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 doesn't the norm referenced percentile scoring system not show?






2. 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?






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






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






5. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






7. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






9. What is the first health appraisal test?






10. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






11. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






12. What do you use to test a Local muscular endurance?






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






14. What can't LDL scores go over?






15. What type of fast twitch fiber deals with anaerobic activity?






16. What is MET?






17. This evaluation happens before or during a workout with the client?






18. How many inches is a risk factor for male waists?






19. What is hyperpnea?






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






21. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






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






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






25. What do you use to test muscular strength?






26. What is a negative risk factor?






27. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






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






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






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






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






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






33. What do you use to test muscular strength?






34. What system calms heart rate down?






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






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






37. What is hyperpnea?






38. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






40. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






41. Where do sprains happen?






42. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






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






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






46. What does RPE stand for?






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






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






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






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