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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 functional unit of a neuromuscular system?






2. What does RPE stand for?






3. How much room between machines?






4. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






6. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






7. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






8. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?






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






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






12. 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?






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






14. What are general warm ups?






15. How do you spot a lunge?






16. What is a negative risk factor?






17. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






19. What muscles does the bent over row underhand supinated grip isolate?






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






21. What system are the lungs in?






22. What is the purpose of an assesment?






23. What is hyperpnea?






24. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






25. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






26. What is tinea pedis?






27. What is a good RPE to work old people out at?






28. What movement do injuries happen most?






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






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






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






32. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






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






35. Where is the superiliac?






36. What is speed strength training?






37. What is an obese BMI?






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






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






40. How does a trainer place his hands when spotting a flat bench press?






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






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






43. What releses cortisol?






44. What are general warm ups?






45. 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?






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






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






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






49. What is spondylolysis?






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