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Personal Training Basics

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1. How many months of strength training should you do before doing plyometrics?
Open
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months
3
Agility test

2. What does RPE stand for?
Under 100
1st class lever
Under 100
Rate of perceived exertions

3. What is a cerebrovascular accident?
Plyometric
Oxidative
Stroke
Rate of perceived exertions

4. What is a normal LDL?
Hip flexor
Under 100
Hand and wrist
Adrenal cortex

5. How long should you hold static stretches for?
30 seconds
Inside the clients hands alternated grip
Norm-referenced standards
12-14

6. What is the synchronization of motor units?
Intramuscular coordination
130
300 yard run
under 65

7. What is amenorrhea?
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months
Anabolic
Summative evaluation
140xintensityx50%+RHR

8. What age must family member die of heart attack to make it a positive risk factor?
55
Oxidative
Supraspinatus
10-22.9

9. What is an obese BMI?
30-34.9
Intramuscular coordination
Hips and thighs
Validity

10. How many sets should you do for a hypertrophy goal?
3-6
Hip flexor
Hand and wrist
30-34.9

11. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?
Eccentric
2b
Hand and wrist
12-14

12. What part of the shoulder is targeted during seated front press?
Coneten validity
Agility test
Subscapularis
Anterior and middle deltoid

13. What is a negative risk factor?
Over pronation
HDL over 60
Anabolic
Hinge type joints

14. What is an obese BMI?
3 feet
Resting oxygen uptake
30-34.9
3-6

15. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?
Percentile scores
Hip extension
Resting oxygen uptake
Hand and wrist

16. What is a bad waist to hip circumference for woman?
over .90
Alternated
Health medical questionaire
500-1000

17. What is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?
Whether the score is healthy or not
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months
Open
Motor Unit

18. What does RPE stand for?
Upper part of the trapezius and bicep brachii
Rate of perceived exertions
Tachycardia
LDL

19. What is hypoglycemia?
under 65
Closed
Open
Bulimia

20. What are general warm ups?
Lifestyle inventories
Maximum force at high velocities
Jogging - jumping rope and cycling
Anabolic

21. What is amenorrhea?
Oxidative
Supraspinatus
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months
Par-Q

22. What is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?
Trunk and abs
Hinge type joints
Summative evaluation
Motor Unit

23. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?
Hips and thighs
48-72 hours
Formative evaluation
Test protocol

24. Are leg raise and curls open or closed kinetic chain workouts?
No
Open
Criterion Referenced Standards
30 seconds

25. What is spondylolysis?
Above Hip
12-14
Plyometric
Fracture of the lumbar

26. What is multiple sclerosis?
Rate of perceived exertions
Maximum force at high velocities
55
Inflamation disease to the myelin sheath in the central nervous system

27. What is the correct age for people to do plyometrics?
14-60
Alternated
Hip extension
Make them run speeds they aren't used to...

28. What system calms heart rate down?
RPE
2 feet
Norm-referenced standards
Parasympathetic

29. What joint has the greatest range of motion?
Athletes foot
50-85%
Gastrohumeral
Closed

30. How many exercises should you give a beginning client?
Respondeat Superior
1st class lever
1 Exercise per muscle group
Under 65

31. What is the 4th health appraisal test?
Informed Consent
Plasicity
Stand behind client and move with client
Stroke

32. What type of fast twitch fiber deals with anaerobic activity?
over .90
LDL
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months
2b

33. How does a trainer place his hands when spotting a flat bench press?
Inside the clients hands alternated grip
40
Above Hip
Closed

34. How do you add up volume when doing plyometrics?
48-72 hours
Validity
Construct validity
Amount of foot contacts

35. What intensity should clients with hypertension train at?
8
Closed
Synapse
40-50%

36. What is hyperpnea?
Criterion Referenced Standards
HRRxIntensity+Resting Heart Rate
Increase depth of breathing
Hand and wrist

37. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?
Jogging - jumping rope and cycling
Trunk and abs
Increase depth of breathing
60-75%

38. What is MET?
Test retest method
50-85%
Reliable test
Resting oxygen uptake

39. What are general warm ups?
1 min. sit up
Jogging - jumping rope and cycling
Intramuscular coordination
Loss of menstrol cycle for more than 3 months

40. A trainer does a test and gets the same results 2 days later this test is?
20 inches
Cardiorespitory system
Reliable
Par-Q

41. What is hyperpnea?
Synapse
Increase depth of breathing
800
Creatine Monohydrate

42. What kind of lever are the applied and resistive force on opposite sides od the fulcrum?
Spinal cord injury that causes bad blood pressure
1st class lever
Upper part of the trapezius and bicep brachii
Over pronation

43. What type of flexability is the knee and elbow joints?
30-34.9
Hinge type joints
RPE
Motor Unit

44. How many calories is a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)?
Anterior and middle deltoid
800
Synapse
Alternated

45. What do you use to test a Local muscular endurance?
1 min. sit up
Construct validity
Respondeat Superior
Supraspinatus

46. Where is android obesity most targeted at?
Trunk and abs
Parasympathetic
Rate of perceived exertions
ip Abduction

47. How many inches is a risk factor for male waists?
Norm-referenced standards
40
Synapse
YMCA ergometer test - 1.5 mile run and 12min. run test

48. What do you use to test muscular strength?
3RM Bench
Inflamation disease to the myelin sheath in the central nervous system
HDL over 60
Closed

49. Is multi joint exercises closed or open kinetic chain workouts?
Closed
Subscapularis
6
Trunk and abs

50. What is a resting heart rate of or more than 100 beats per minute?
Par-Q
Creatine Monohydrate
Tachycardia
30 seconds