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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 do you use to test a sub maximal aerobic capacity?






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






3. What is an obese BMI?






4. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






5. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






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 3 assesments shouldn't you have old people do?






9. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






10. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






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






13. What does a 1RM test for?






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






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






16. Which hand position should a spotter hold the bar in a lying tricep extension?






17. What system are the lungs in?






18. What type of scores show the best - worst and inbetween scores of the participants by rankings?






19. What is a normal LDL?






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






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






22. What are general warm ups?






23. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






24. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






25. What is the best type of training for diabetics?






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






27. 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?






28. What is the first health appraisal test?






29. What is speed strength training?






30. What system calms heart rate down?






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






32. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






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






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






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






36. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






38. What is the synthesis of a larger molecule from a smaller molecule?






39. What is amenorrhea?






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






41. How do you spot a lunge?






42. What is hypoglycemia?






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






44. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






45. What is the best type of training for diabetics?






46. What is hypoglycemia?






47. What is it called when a test tests What is supposed to be tested?






48. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






49. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






50. When does HDL become a risk factor?