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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. How do you increase stride frequency?


2. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






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






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






6. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






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






8. Where is the superiliac?






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






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






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






12. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






13. 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?






14. What is the Karnonen Formula?






15. What is amenorrhea?






16. What does a 1RM test for?






17. How many months should you loose 10% of your weight?






18. What is a normal MET rating?






19. What is spondylolysis?






20. What is a normal BMI?






21. What system calms heart rate down?






22. What are general warm ups?






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






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






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






26. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






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






28. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






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






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






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






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






34. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






36. What is MET?






37. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






38. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






39. What is amenorrhea?






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






41. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






43. What system are the lungs in?






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






45. How long should you hold static stretches for?






46. What is a normal LDL?






47. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






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






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