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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 MET?






2. What is the purpose of an assesment?






3. Where do sprains happen?






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






5. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






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






7. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






9. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






10. What is considered hypoglycemia?






11. Are leg raise and curls open or closed kinetic chain workouts?






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






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






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






15. What is hypoglycemia?






16. Are leg raise and curls open or closed kinetic chain workouts?






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






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






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






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






21. What is speed strength training?






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






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






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






25. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






26. What is the Karnonen Formula?






27. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






29. What is MET?






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






31. How many cups of water should you have a day?






32. What system calms heart rate down?






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






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






35. Where is the superiliac?






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






37. What is the primary reason for strength gains in pre-adolescent?






38. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






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






40. How long should you hold static stretches for?






41. How many months should you loose 10% of your weight?






42. What is a legal doctrine by which employers can be found vigorously liable for the negligent acts of their employees?






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






44. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






45. What is a rockport test?






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






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






48. What does a 1RM test for?






49. What movement do injuries happen most?






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