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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 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?






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






3. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






5. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






8. How much room between machines?






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






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






11. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






12. What is considered hypoglycemia?






13. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






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






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






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






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






19. What can't LDL scores go over?






20. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






21. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






23. What is a test that can differientiate the fit and non fit clients?






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






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






26. What is a test that can differientiate the fit and non fit clients?






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






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






29. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What is an obese BMI?






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






38. What is a normal MET rating?






39. What does a 1RM test for?






40. What system are the lungs in?






41. What is MET?






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






43. What is MET?






44. What is tinea pedis?






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






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






47. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






48. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






50. How long should you hold static stretches for?