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






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






3. 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?






4. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






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






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






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






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






9. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






11. What do you use to test an anaerobic capacity test?






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






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






14. 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?






15. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






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






17. These type of observations are seen during the workout and it is when the client is making gains - better energy - better techniques and comments on body language?






18. What is a normal MET rating?






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






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






21. What is hyperpnea?






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






23. What movement do injuries happen most?






24. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






25. Where is the superiliac?






26. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






27. Where is the superiliac?






28. What type of lipids carry large amounts of cholesterol and deposit around the body?






29. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






30. What type of lipids carry large amounts of cholesterol and deposit around the body?






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






32. What is hypoglycemia?






33. What is a normal LDL?






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






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






36. How do you spot a lunge?






37. How many cups of water should you have a day?






38. What system are the lungs in?






39. What system calms heart rate down?






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






41. What is hypoglycemia?






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






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






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






45. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






46. What system are the lungs in?






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






48. How many calories is a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)?






49. What is a rockport test?






50. What does a 1RM test for?