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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 part of the shoulder is targeted during seated front press?






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






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






4. What is hypoglycemia?






5. Where is gynoid obesity targeted at?






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






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






8. What releses cortisol?






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






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






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






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






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






14. What kind of test can be repeated with accuracy?






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






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






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






18. What is the Karnonen Formula?






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






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






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






22. What replenishes ATP?






23. How many cups of water should you have a day?






24. What is your hips doing during a lunge?






25. Where is the superiliac?






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






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






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






29. What releses cortisol?






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






31. What is the loss of muscle mass called?






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






33. Where do sprains happen?






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






35. Where do sprains happen?






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






37. What is multiple sclerosis?






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






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






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






41. What is a normal BMI?






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






43. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






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






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






46. How do you spot a lunge?






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






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






49. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






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