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1. How many cups of water should you have a day?
30 seconds
Increase
8
Fracture of the lumbar

2. What muscles does the bent over row underhand supinated grip isolate?
Reliable test
Closed
Hips and thighs
Upper part of the trapezius and bicep brachii

3. What is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?
Plasicity
Under 65
Motor Unit
Fracture of the lumbar

4. What is a normal MET rating?
HRRxIntensity+Resting Heart Rate
Supraspinatus
Closed
10-22.9

5. What is an obese BMI?
3
300 yard run
Criterion Referenced Standards
30-34.9

6. What do you use to test an agility test?
Agility test
Subjective obsefvations
300 yard run
Plyometric

7. What does RPE stand for?
Norm-referenced standards
Open
Lifestyle inventories
Rate of perceived exertions

8. What puts the curve into the lumbar and pulls the spine into position?
Resting oxygen uptake
Inside the clients hands alternated grip
10-22.9
Hip flexor

9. Where is the superiliac?
Take 1 rep times it by .80
Above Hip
Hinge type joints
Test protocol

10. How long should you hold static stretches for?
55
3RM Bench
30 seconds
20 inches

11. What is hyperpnea?
Stroke
Increase depth of breathing
Open
6

12. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?
Cardiorespitory system
110
Hand and wrist
Maximum force at high velocities

13. What is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?
Motor Unit
Make them run speeds they aren't used to...
YMCA ergometer test - 1.5 mile run and 12min. run test
Proprioceptors

14. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?
3 feet
Subscapularis
Duty - Breach of duty - causation and damage
48-72 hours

15. Where is android obesity most targeted at?
30 seconds
Hip flexor
Trunk and abs
Informed Consent

16. What is it called when a measurement of the same trait under the same conditions yields the same results from one trial to another?
30 seconds
800
3 feet
Reliability

17. What is a negative risk factor?
Anabolic
HDL over 60
Respondeat Superior
Anterior and middle deltoid

18. What 3 assesments shouldn't you have old people do?
Increase depth of breathing
Open
YMCA ergometer test - 1.5 mile run and 12min. run test
Athletes foot

19. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?
30-34.9
60-75%
Plyometric
Resistance Training

20. How do you spot a lunge?
Amount of foot contacts
Under 65
Stand behind client and move with client
LDL

21. How do you increase stride frequency?

22. What puts the curve into the lumbar and pulls the spine into position?
6
Hip flexor
Coneten validity
Rate of perceived exertions

23. How much room between machines?
YMCA ergometer test - 1.5 mile run and 12min. run test
Open
3RM Bench
2 feet

24. How many months of strength training should you do before doing plyometrics?
Reliable test
Eccentric
3
Health medical questionaire

25. What is the purpose of an assesment?
Construct validity
Gather data and make goals
2 feet
Par-Q

26. Is multi joint exercises closed or open kinetic chain workouts?
2 feet
Closed
1st class lever
800

27. What type of lipids carry large amounts of cholesterol and deposit around the body?
LDL
Bulimia
1.5 Mile run
Formative evaluation

28. What 4 things do you need to prove when sueing trainer?
Hinge type joints
110
Rhomboids and lower part of trapezius
Duty - Breach of duty - causation and damage

29. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?
40
Amount of foot contacts
60-75%
1.5 Mile run

30. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?
Increase
1st class lever
Hips and thighs
Standard error of measurement

31. What is amenorrhea?
Motor Unit
HDL over 60
Open
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months

32. What is a negative risk factor?
Subjective obsefvations
over 1.03
50-85%
HDL over 60

33. What system are the lungs in?
Cardiorespitory system
Inflamation disease to the myelin sheath in the central nervous system
Inflamation disease to the myelin sheath in the central nervous system
500-1000

34. What doesn't the norm referenced percentile scoring system not show?
YMCA ergometer test - 1.5 mile run and 12min. run test
14-60
300 yard run
Whether the score is healthy or not

35. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?
35
35
RPE
50-85%

36. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?
14-60
Inflamation disease to the myelin sheath in the central nervous system
Anterior and middle deltoid
1 min. sit up

37. Which energy system makes the most ATP?
Upper part of the trapezius and bicep brachii
3 feet
Oxidative
Validity

38. What releses cortisol?
Criterion Referenced Standards
Adrenal cortex
Reliable
Oxidative

39. What is a normal LDL?
Under 100
Respondeat Superior
Hand and wrist
Par-Q

40. What movement do injuries happen most?
Increase depth of breathing
Closed
Bulimia
Eccentric

41. What is the final evaluation made when a client compltes a specified training period?
Intramuscular coordination
Lifestyle inventories
Spinal cord injury that causes bad blood pressure
Summative evaluation

42. What system calms heart rate down?
Lifestyle inventories
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months
Parasympathetic
Maximum force at high velocities

43. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?
Oxidative
6
Subscapularis
1 Exercise per muscle group

44. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?
10
Percentile scores
14-60
over 1.03

45. What is speed strength training?
Rate of perceived exertions
Muscular strength
60-75%
Maximum force at high velocities

46. What is it called when a measurement of the same trait under the same conditions yields the same results from one trial to another?
Rhomboids and lower part of trapezius
Neural adaptations
Reliability
Validity

47. What is the formula for a target heart rate?
Hinge type joints
Sarcopenia
HRRxIntensity+Resting Heart Rate
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months

48. What kind of lever are the applied and resistive force on opposite sides od the fulcrum?
1st class lever
130
6
Above Hip

49. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?
Plyometric
500-1000
Subscapularis
Validity

50. What 4 things do you need to prove when sueing trainer?
55
Subjective obsefvations
Increase depth of breathing
Duty - Breach of duty - causation and damage