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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. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






2. This evaluation happens before or during a workout with the client?






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






4. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






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






7. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






8. What do you use to test a Local muscular endurance?






9. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






11. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






12. What replenishes ATP?






13. What is a negative risk factor?






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






15. 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?






16. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






17. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






18. What system calms heart rate down?






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






20. What part of the shoulder is targeted during seated front press?






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






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






23. What kind of fibers show better gains in hypertrophy?






24. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






25. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






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






28. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






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






31. What is tinea pedis?






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






33. What releses cortisol?






34. What is an obese BMI?






35. What is a normal MET rating?






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






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






38. What does it mean when a test measures what it claims to be?






39. What is a rockport test?






40. How many inches is a risk factor for a woman's waist?






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






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






43. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






44. What is a normal LDL?






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






46. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for woman?






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






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






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






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