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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 type of fast twitch fiber deals with anaerobic activity?






2. Where is the superiliac?






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






4. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






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






8. What is a normal BMI?






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






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






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






12. What is amenorrhea?






13. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






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






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






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






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






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






19. When does HDL become a risk factor?






20. What is a normal MET rating?






21. How much room between machines?






22. What is a legal doctrine by which employers can be found vigorously liable for the negligent acts of their employees?






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






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






25. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






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






27. What is a normal BMI?






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






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






30. What part of the shoulder is blown during arm raises?






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






32. What do you use to test muscular strength?






33. 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?






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






35. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






37. What does the gluteus medius do for the hips?






38. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






40. What is hypoglycemia?






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






42. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






43. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






44. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






46. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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






48. What is a normal LDL?






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






50. 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?