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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 releses cortisol?






2. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






3. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






4. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






6. What do you use to test muscular strength?






7. How much room between machines?






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






9. What does a 1RM test for?






10. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






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






12. What is a negative risk factor?






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






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






15. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






16. What can't LDL scores go over?






17. What replenishes ATP?






18. 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?






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






20. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






22. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?






23. What is the synchronization of motor units?






24. What is the first health appraisal test?






25. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






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






29. What is an obese BMI?






30. What is the purpose of an assesment?






31. What system calms heart rate down?






32. What is speed strength training?






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






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






35. What is MET?






36. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






38. When does HDL become a risk factor?






39. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






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






41. What is the synchronization of motor units?






42. What does a 1RM test for?






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






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






45. How many calories is a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)?






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






47. What does a non fatigue test test?






48. What is a normal LDL?






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






50. What is hypoglycemia?