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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 age must family member die of heart attack to make it a positive risk factor?






2. What is considered hypoglycemia?






3. What is a stretch followed by an explosive movement?






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






5. What is it called when a measurement of the same trait under the same conditions yields the same results from one trial to another?






6. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?






7. What is the synchronization of motor units?






8. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






11. 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?






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






13. What is an obese BMI?






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






15. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






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






17. What does a non fatigue test test?






18. What does RPE stand for?






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






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






21. How do you spot a lunge?






22. What 4 things do you need to prove when sueing trainer?






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






24. What are general warm ups?






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






26. What is amenorrhea?






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






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






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






30. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






31. What is an obese BMI?






32. What age must family member die of heart attack to make it a positive risk factor?






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






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






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






36. What do you use to test muscular strength?






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






38. What are general warm ups?






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






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






41. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






42. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






43. What is speed strength training?






44. What replenishes ATP?






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






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






47. How do you spot a lunge?






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






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






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