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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. With a disc problem should you do squats or deadlifts?






2. What is a normal LDL?






3. What is the synchronization of motor units?






4. What shouldn't your fasting glucose be over?






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






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






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






8. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






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






11. What is a normal LDL?






12. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






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






14. What is a resting heart rate of or more than 100 beats per minute?






15. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






21. Where do sprains happen?






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






23. What is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?






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






25. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






26. What are general warm ups?






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






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






29. How many sets should you do for a hypertrophy goal?






30. What does RPE stand for?






31. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






32. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






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






34. How do you spot a lunge?






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






36. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






37. What is an obese BMI?






38. What is a stretch followed by an explosive movement?






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






40. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






41. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






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






44. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?






45. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






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






48. Where is the superiliac?






49. How do you spot a lunge?






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