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Personal Training Basics

Instructions:
  • 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 is the formula for a target heart rate?






2. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






3. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






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






5. What are general warm ups?






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






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






8. What is it called when a test is repeated with the same people within 1-3 days unless it requires maximal effort then it is 7 days?






9. What is a negative risk factor?






10. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






11. What is a rockport test?






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






13. Where is the superiliac?






14. What is it called when a test is repeated with the same people within 1-3 days unless it requires maximal effort then it is 7 days?






15. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






16. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






18. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






20. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






21. What is the formula for a target heart rate?






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






23. What is the purpose of an assesment?






24. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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






26. How do you spot a lunge?






27. What is spondylolysis?






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






29. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






31. What does a non fatigue test test?






32. What are general warm ups?






33. What system calms heart rate down?






34. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






43. What does a 1RM test for?






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






45. What does a 1RM test for?






46. What do you use to test an agility test?






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






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






49. What system are the lungs in?






50. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?