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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 is a good RPE to work old people out at?






2. What is the synchronization of motor units?






3. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






5. What is the first health appraisal test?






6. How long should you hold static stretches for?






7. What is multiple sclerosis?






8. What replenishes ATP?






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






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






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






12. What is a normal LDL?






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






14. What is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?






15. Where do sprains happen?






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






17. What is a normal LDL?






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






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






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






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






22. What is speed strength training?






23. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






24. What is spondylolysis?






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






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






27. What releses cortisol?






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






29. 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?






30. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






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






32. What is spondylolysis?






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






34. How do you spot a lunge?






35. What 3 assesments shouldn't you have old people do?






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






37. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






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






47. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






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






49. Is multi joint exercises closed or open kinetic chain workouts?






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