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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 the synchronization of motor units?






2. What is MET?






3. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






4. What does a 1RM test for?






5. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






7. What is considered hypoglycemia?






8. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






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






11. What is the first health appraisal test?






12. What system calms heart rate down?






13. What is tinea pedis?






14. What system calms heart rate down?






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






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






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






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






19. What is a test that can differientiate the fit and non fit clients?






20. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






22. What is a negative risk factor?






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






24. What system are the lungs in?






25. What form tells about past surgieries and risk factors for cad?






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






27. What is hypoglycemia?






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






29. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






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






31. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






32. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






33. What is MET?






34. When does HDL become a risk factor?






35. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






38. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






39. What is the best type of training for diabetics?






40. What is spondylolysis?






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






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






43. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






44. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






46. What is an obese BMI?






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






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






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






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