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Personal Training Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the formula for a target heart rate?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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?






9. When does HDL become a risk factor?






10. What muscles does the bent over row target in a pronated grip?






11. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






12. What is a rockport test?






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






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






15. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






16. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






18. What is a normal MET rating?






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






20. How much room between machines?






21. What does a non fatigue test test?






22. How do you increase stride frequency?

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






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






25. What is multiple sclerosis?






26. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






35. What movement do injuries happen most?






36. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






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






38. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






39. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






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






42. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






44. What can't LDL scores go over?






45. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






47. What is speed strength training?






48. What is amenorrhea?






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






50. What are general warm ups?