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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 muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






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






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






5. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






6. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






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






8. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






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






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






12. How much room should you have between olympic weight lifting barbells?






13. What is multiple sclerosis?






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. What releses cortisol?






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. What are general warm ups?






23. What muscles does the bent over row underhand supinated grip isolate?






24. How do you increase stride frequency?


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






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






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






28. What is amenorrhea?






29. What does RPE stand for?






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






31. 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?






32. What is a rockport test?






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






34. What do you use to test muscular strength?






35. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






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






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






39. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






40. With a disc problem should you do squats or deadlifts?






41. What replenishes ATP?






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






43. What is a normal MET rating?






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What is autonomic dysreflexia?