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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 do you use to test a Local muscular endurance?






2. What releses cortisol?






3. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






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






5. How high should mirrors be placed above floor?






6. What is a specific minimal standard that trainers can use on clients to let them know whether their score was average enough to be considered healthy?






7. What type of fast twitch fiber deals with anaerobic activity?






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






9. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






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






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






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






14. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






15. What releses cortisol?






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?






17. What is multiple sclerosis?






18. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






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






21. What does RPE stand for?






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






23. What is it called when the foot is inward when walking?






24. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






26. How many sets should you do for a hypertrophy goal?






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






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






29. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






30. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






32. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






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






34. How much room between machines?






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






36. How should you test a pregnant woman's intensity?






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






38. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






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






40. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for woman?






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






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






43. What is speed strength training?






44. What does RPE stand for?






45. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






47. What part of the shoulder is targeted during seated front press?






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






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






50. What are general warm ups?