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Personal Training Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 a stretch followed by an explosive movement?






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






3. How long should you hold static stretches for?






4. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






5. What is a legal doctrine by which employers can be found vigorously liable for the negligent acts of their employees?






6. What is multiple sclerosis?






7. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






8. When does HDL become a risk factor?






9. How much room between machines?






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






11. Which energy system makes the most ATP?






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






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






14. What is a normal BMI?






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






16. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






17. 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?






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






19. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






20. What is the purpose of an assesment?






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






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






23. What is a rockport test?






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






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






26. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?






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






28. What does a non fatigue test test?






29. What can't LDL scores go over?






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






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






32. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






33. What is the Karnonen Formula?






34. What is the synchronization of motor units?






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






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






37. What is hyperpnea?






38. What releses cortisol?






39. What is the synchronization of motor units?






40. What is a negative risk factor?






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






42. What does RPE stand for?






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






44. What system are the lungs in?






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






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






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






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






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






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