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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 does a non fatigue test test?






2. What is MET?






3. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






4. What is a normal BMI?






5. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






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






8. What is speed strength training?






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






10. What system calms heart rate down?






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






12. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






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






15. What does a 1RM test for?






16. How long should you hold static stretches for?






17. What is spondylolysis?






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






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






20. What is a normal LDL?






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






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






23. What is a normal BMI?






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






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






26. When does HDL become a risk factor?






27. What replenishes ATP?






28. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






29. What is an obese BMI?






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






31. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






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






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






34. How do you spot a lunge?






35. What can't LDL scores go over?






36. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






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






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






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






41. What is hypoglycemia?






42. What is hyperpnea?






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






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






45. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






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






48. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






49. What is the synchronization of motor units?






50. What joint has the greatest range of motion?