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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 intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






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






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






4. What kind of lever are the applied and resistive force on opposite sides od the fulcrum?






5. What system calms heart rate down?






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






7. What are general warm ups?






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






9. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?






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






11. What is an obese BMI?






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






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






14. What is the best type of training for diabetics?






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






16. What is hypoglycemia?






17. How do you spot a lunge?






18. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?






19. What is the purpose of an assesment?






20. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






21. Where is the superiliac?






22. What system are the lungs in?






23. What does a 1RM test for?






24. Where do sprains happen?






25. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






26. What is amenorrhea?






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






28. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?






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






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






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






32. What is speed strength training?






33. When does HDL become a risk factor?






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






35. What is tinea pedis?






36. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






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






38. What is a rockport test?






39. How much room between machines?






40. What muscles does the bent over row target in a pronated grip?






41. What is speed strength training?






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






43. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






44. What is considered hypoglycemia?






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






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






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






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






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






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