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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 hypoglycemia?






2. What is speed strength training?






3. What is a negative risk factor?






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






5. What is a rockport test?






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






7. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






9. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






10. How many inches is a risk factor for male waists?






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






12. What kind of test can be repeated with accuracy?






13. What releses cortisol?






14. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






15. What is the synchronization of motor units?






16. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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






18. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






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






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






22. What is the difference between a persons observed score and the persons true score






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






24. What is spondylolysis?






25. How many inches is a risk factor for a woman's waist?






26. What does RPE stand for?






27. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






28. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






29. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






30. What system are the lungs in?






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






32. What is spondylolysis?






33. How many calories is a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)?






34. What is it called when you eat a lot then do a lot to loose the weight?






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






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






37. What is a normal MET rating?






38. How many inches is a risk factor for a woman's waist?






39. Where is the superiliac?






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






41. What kind of test can be repeated with accuracy?






42. What does a non fatigue test test?






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






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






45. What joint has the greatest range of motion?






46. What is amenorrhea?






47. What do you use to test muscular strength?






48. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






49. What is a stretch followed by an explosive movement?






50. What is a cerebrovascular accident?