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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. Where is the superiliac?






2. What kind of lever are the applied and resistive force on opposite sides od the fulcrum?






3. 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?






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






5. What does a non fatigue test test?






6. What is MET?






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






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






9. What is speed strength training?






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. What muscle works the most during abduction movements?






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






18. Where is android obesity most targeted at?






19. Where are ganglion cysts normally found?






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






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






22. What are general warm ups?






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






24. What does it mean when a test measures what it claims to be?






25. What is the communication between 2 nerves?






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






27. Is multi joint exercises closed or open kinetic chain workouts?






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






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






30. Where do sprains happen?






31. What is a normal MET rating?






32. What system calms heart rate down?






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






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






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






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






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






38. What does RPE stand for?






39. How long should you hold static stretches for?






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






41. What is your aerobic exercise threshold?






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






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






44. When does HDL become a risk factor?






45. What is a cerebrovascular accident?






46. What is the synchronization of motor units?






47. What is hyperpnea?






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






49. What is the 3rd health appraisal test?






50. How many inches is a risk factor for male waists?