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






2. What is the primary reason for strength gains in pre-adolescent?






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






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






5. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






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






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






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






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






10. What movement do injuries happen most?






11. What is amenorrhea?






12. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






13. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






15. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






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






18. What is speed strength training?






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






20. What is speed strength training?






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






22. What is tinea pedis?






23. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






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






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






26. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






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






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






30. Is multi joint exercises closed or open kinetic chain workouts?






31. What are general warm ups?






32. What is it called when a test tests What is supposed to be tested?






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






34. What does RPE stand for?






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






36. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






38. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






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






41. What does the gluteus medius do for the hips?






42. What does a 1RM test for?






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






44. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






45. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






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






47. What is the 4th health appraisal test?






48. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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






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