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






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






3. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






5. What is spondylolysis?






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






7. What is the synthesis of a larger molecule from a smaller molecule?






8. How do you spot a lunge?






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






10. What is hypoglycemia?






11. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






12. What is hyperpnea?






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






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






15. What is a normal LDL?






16. What is the synthesis of a larger molecule from a smaller molecule?






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






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






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






20. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






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






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






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






24. What is MET?






25. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






26. What is hypoglycemia?






27. What is a normal BMI?






28. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






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






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






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






33. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






35. Where do sprains happen?






36. How much room between machines?






37. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






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






40. What does it mean when a test measures what it claims to be?






41. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






43. What is the synchronization of motor units?






44. How do you spot a lunge?






45. What is considered hypoglycemia?






46. What system are the lungs in?






47. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






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






49. What type of scores show the best - worst and inbetween scores of the participants by rankings?






50. What are general warm ups?