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health-and-fitness
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Nearest to reference point
Cardiorespiratory Health
3 min. step Test ZONES - Poor - Fair - Average - Good - Very Good
Proximal
Troponin
2. Traps - Rhomboid - Rotator Cuff
Diastolic
Arms Fall Forward: Underactive
Molybdenum
All or Nothing Law
3. Up or Neutral/Down or Neutral
VMO
Physical Activity- how much
Popular Joints: Synovial
Antidepressants:Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
4. Soleus - Gastrocnemius - Hip Flexor Complex - Abdominal Complex
Iron
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Possible Injuries
Training Zone 2
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Forward lean-Overactive muscles
5. Performing all exercises before moving onto the next - what I do- 12 reps 3 sets
Altered Reciprocal Inhibition
RMR
Horizontal Template
Davies Test
6. Calcification of brain/arteries - increased blood calcium - loss of appetite - nausea
Popular Joints: Gliding
Vitamin D
FITTE
Concentric Phase
7. Frequency - Intensity - type - time - enjoyment
Troponin
Popular Joints: Gliding
FITTE
Superior
8. Above lat - small part of shoulder
Lower Crossed Syndrome
High Risk Stretches: Plow
Gracilius
Teres Major
9. Above lat - small part of shoulder
Teres Major
Kinetic Chain Check Points: Static Postural Assessment
VO2 R (uptake reserve)
Recommended Protein Levels: Sedentary
10. Physiologic assessments - body composition testing - cardiorespiratory assessments - static & dynamic postural assessments - performance assessments
TFL
Gracilius
Objective Information
Bracing
11. Performing all exercises before moving onto the next - what I do- 12 reps 3 sets
High Risk Stretches: Arching Quads
Pulling Assessment-LPHC-Low Back Arches-Underactive Muscles
Horizontal Template
Carbohydrate Intake
12. Movements away from midline
Antidepressants:Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Postural Distortion Pattern
Dynamic Range of Motion
Abduction
13. High stress on knees caps - and other tissues of the knee
Respiratory: Bones Responsible (3)
Adduction
Riboflavin (b2)
High Risk Stretches: Arching Quads
14. Knee
Frontside Mechanics
Popular Joints: Synovial
Par-Q
Capillaries
15. Pressure within when the heart is resting an filling
Drop Set
Diastolic
Medial
Riboflavin (b2)
16. Middle Back closest to spine - near lats
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Copper
Erector Spinae
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
17. Anterior tibialis - Posterior Tibialis - Vastus Medialis - Gluteus maximus - medius - Hip external rotators
Head & Cervical Spine
Do Not...
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Insulin
18. Zone 1 - Zone 1 - Zone 2 - Zone 2 - Zone 3
Infraspinatus
Respiratory: Bones Responsible (3)
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Feet-Turn Out-Overactive
3 min. step Test ZONES - Poor - Fair - Average - Good - Very Good
19. Mid/Lower Traps
Pulling Assessment-Shoulder Elevation-Underactive
Autogenic Inhibition
Alarm reaction: Delayed onset Muscle Soreness
Popular Joints: Hinge
20. Designed to determine the safety or possible risk of exercising for a client based on the answers to specific health questions. Aimed to identify those who are at risk for cardiovascular disease
Fluoride
Par-Q
Vanadium
Popular Joints: Gliding
21. Lat - Teres major - Pecs
Fluoride
High Risk Stretches: Shoulder stand
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-Upper Body-Arms fall Forward-Overactive Muscles
Beta Blockers
22. Internal & External Obliques
Uses for Circumference Measurements(8)
Type 1 Muscle Fibers
Horizontal Template
Force Couples: Trunk Rotation
23. Connective tissue surrounding fascicles
Perimysium
Synergistic Dominance
Epimysium
Poplites
24. Deep Cervical Floors
High Risk Stretches: Shoulder stand
Parameters for Reactive Training
Head & Cervical Spine
Pulling Assessment-Head-Forward-Underactive
25. Ability to move the body in one intended direction as far as possible
Speed
Push-Up Test
Pulling Assessment-LPHC-Low Back Arches-Overactive Muscles
Client Occupation (5)
26. Bisects upper and lower halves
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-Upper Body-Arms fall Forward-Overactive Muscles
Transverse
Soluble Fiber
Uses for Circumference Measurements(8)
27. Adductor - biceps femoris - TFL - Vastus lateralis
Knees Move Inward: Over Active
Lifestyle questions (2)
Pattern Overload
Non-Essential
28. Flat feet and adducted and internally rotated knees
Functional Stretching:Self Myofascial Release
Pronation Distortion Syndrome
FITTE
Upper Crossed Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics: Increased
29. Position below reference
Inferior
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics/Increased
Epimysium
Longus Capitus
30. Intrinsic Core Stabilizers
Pulling Assessment-LPHC-Low Back Arches-Underactive Muscles
Active Stretching: Self Myofascial Release - & Active Isolated Stretching
Soleus
Single Leg Squat-Knee-Inward-Overactive
31. Glute med/max - VMO
3 Majors Muscle Types
Insoluble Fiber
Teres Major
Single Leg Squat-Knee-Inward-Underactive
32. Attaches muscles to bone - and provides the anchor for which muscles can exert force
Cobalt
Low Back Arch: Underactive Muscles
Tendons
Thiamin (b1)
33. Lumbar mechanics
Beta Blockers : Heart Rate/ Blood Pressure
Veins
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics: Increased
Straight Percentage Method: Zone One
34. Transport chemicals - water between blood and tissue
Systolic
Stride Length
High Risk Stretches: Shoulder stand
Capillaries
35. Forward head and rounded shoulders
Upper Crossed Syndrome
Three Basic Compensatory Patters
Pronation Distortion Syndrome
3 min. step Test ZONES - Poor - Fair - Average - Good - Very Good
36. Regulates energy and glucose
Insulin
Antidepressants:Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Diastolic
Calcium Channel Blockers: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
37. Plays a roll in muscle contraction by providing binding sights for calcium & tropomyosin
All or Nothing Law
Left Ventricle
Troponin
Endomysium
38. Glute med/max - VMO
Vitamin A
Single Leg Squat-Knee-Inward-Underactive
Relative Flexibility
Gastronemius
39. Down - Down
Recommended Protein Levels: Strength Athletes
Reciprocal Inhibition
Manganese
Beta Blockers : Heart Rate/ Blood Pressure
40. Flat feet and adducted and internally rotated knees
Popular Joints: Gliding
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Overactive
Pronation Distortion Syndrome
Respiratory: Bones Responsible (3)
41. Neuromuscular system allowing agonists - antagonists - and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce - reduce - and dynamically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three plans of motion
Straight Percentage Method: Zone One
Neuromuscular Efficiency
3 Stages of Responding to Stress
Epimysium
42. Lats - Teres Major - Pectoralis major/min
Soleus
Force Couples: Upward Rotation of Scapula
Longus Coli
Arms Fall Forward: Overactive
43. Pressure within after heart contracts
Agility
Vasodilators
Systolic
Pushing Assessment-Head-Forward-Underactive
44. Just under glute max
Upper Crossed Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics: Increased
Recommended Protein Levels: Sedentary
Piriformis
Alarm Reaction:Initial Reaction
45. Bisects body into right and left sides
Contralateral
Force Couples: Upward Rotation of Scapula
Type II Muscle Fibers
Sagital Plane
46. Soleus - Gastrocnemius - Hip Flexor Complex - Abdominal Complex
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Forward lean-Overactive muscles
Upper Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
Neuromuscular Efficiency
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
47. Nausea - diarhea - fatigue - hair/nail loss
SAQ Drills: For Youth
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-Upper Body-Arms fall Forward-Overactive Muscles
Erector Spinae
Selenium
48. Increased sensitivity of skin reaction of nickel
Nickel
Glycolis
Force Couples: Trunk Rotation
Arms Fall Forward: Overactive
49. Generally Used as high blood pressure medication - may also be prescribed for irregular heart rates
Erector Spinae
Left Ventricle
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Low back Arches-Overactive Muscles
Beta Blockers
50. Low toxicity- possible kidney stones
Silicon
Popular Joints: Non synovial
Synergistic Dominance
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Feet-Turn Out-Underactive