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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 it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






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






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






4. What is a rockport test?






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






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






7. What releses cortisol?






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






9. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






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






12. How much room should you have between olympic weight lifting barbells?






13. What is MET?






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






15. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?






16. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






18. What is a normal BMI?






19. What releses cortisol?






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






21. How should you test a pregnant woman's intensity?






22. What does the gluteus medius do for the hips?






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






24. What is the purpose of an assesment?






25. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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






27. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






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






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






30. What is considered hypoglycemia?






31. How do you spot a lunge?






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






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






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






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






36. What is a rockport test?






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






38. What is speed strength training?






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






40. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






41. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






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






44. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






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






46. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






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






49. What is tinea pedis?






50. What is the communication between 2 nerves?