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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 lipids carry large amounts of cholesterol and deposit around the body?






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






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






4. What are general warm ups?






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






6. What is considered hypoglycemia?






7. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






8. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






9. What is spondylolysis?






10. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






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






13. What is a normal LDL?






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






15. What does a 1RM test for?






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






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






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






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






20. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






21. What is the purpose of an assesment?






22. What is a negative risk factor?






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






24. What is the Karnonen Formula?






25. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






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






27. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






28. What movement do injuries happen most?






29. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






30. How much room between machines?






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






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






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






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






35. Where do sprains happen?






36. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






37. What system are the lungs in?






38. What replenishes ATP?






39. What is multiple sclerosis?






40. 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?






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






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






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






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






45. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






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






47. What is a normal MET rating?






48. Where do sprains happen?






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






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