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Personal Training Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 synthesis of a larger molecule from a smaller molecule?






2. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






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






5. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






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






8. How many calories should you drop a day to loose 1-2 pounds a week?






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






10. What system calms heart rate down?






11. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






13. How do you spot a lunge?






14. Where do sprains happen?






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






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






17. What is hypoglycemia?






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






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






20. What is spondylolysis?






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






22. Are leg raise and curls open or closed kinetic chain workouts?






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






24. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






25. When does HDL become a risk factor?






26. What is a negative risk factor?






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






28. What is a normal MET rating?






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






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






31. What is tinea pedis?






32. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






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






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






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






37. What is the synchronization of motor units?






38. What is a normal BMI?






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






40. What system are the lungs in?






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






42. What does RPE stand for?






43. What is MET?






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






45. What are used to compare the preformance of an individual against another person in a like category?






46. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






47. How many cups of water should you have a day?






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






49. What replenishes ATP?






50. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?