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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 is the functional unit of a neuromuscular system?






2. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






3. What is tinea pedis?






4. When does HDL become a risk factor?






5. Does exercise increase or decrease insulin sensitivity?






6. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






7. What is hyperpnea?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






15. What is an obese BMI?






16. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






18. What replenishes ATP?






19. What movement do injuries happen most?






20. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






21. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






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






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






24. What are general warm ups?






25. How much is resting metabolic rate use energy per day?






26. What is a rockport test?






27. What is speed strength training?






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






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






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






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






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






33. How do you figure out 8 rep max?






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






35. What is a procedure that is required for administering a reliable test?






36. What intensity should you work pregnant woman out at?






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






38. What form tells about past surgieries and risk factors for cad?






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






40. What releses cortisol?






41. What is autonomic dysreflexia?






42. What is the first health appraisal test?






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






44. How do you spot a lunge?






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






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






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






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






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






50. How long should you rest inbetween plyometric workouts?