Overtraining symptoms may include ______.
In order to lose 1.5 pounds per week with diet alone, one would have to reduce his/her daily caloric intake per day by ______ kilocarlories.
Older adults may have difficulty performing activities of daily living due to ______.
Which joint has the greatest range of motion and involves the greatest number of movements?
What is a potential side effect of taking diet pills prior to an exercise session?
Which describes a Valsalva maneuver performed during a free weight biceps curl?
What are the minimal body fat percentages that place individuals at increased risk of disease?
Which is the most important exercise to include in an overall training plan for an apparently healthy automobile mechanic who performs daily overhead movements?
Your client is a 59 year old sedentary female with a body mass index of 33 kg/m2. She has no history of heart disease herself, but her mother had a myocardial infarction at the age of 66. She is an ex-smoker who quit 15 years ago, blood pressure is consistently 135/85 mm Hg, total cholesterol is 180 mg/dL (4.6 mmol/L) with an HDL level of 30 mg/dL (0.8 mmol/L), and blood glucose is 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L). She has come to you for advice because she wishes to improve her overall health and fitness.
What initial American College of Sports Medicine risk stratification does this client fall into?
Decreased muscle masses as a result of the aging process plays a role in ______ and ______.
During your initial assessment of your client, you notice her resting heart rate is 45 beats per minute, while asymptomatic and not taking any medication. Based on this information, what best describes the heart rate?
Downhill running is characterized by eccentric activation of the ______.
Henry would like to focus on improving strength in his chest muscles. Which exercise reflects the specificity principle?
What is the purpose of the Borg Scale of Perceived Exertion?
You learn that your client does not enjoy exercising and only maintains their exercise program to please their significant other. This client is ______ motivated.
What is tachycardia?
Which muscle is a major agonist for hip abduction?
What is most likely the cause of light-headedness and dizziness experienced by an older adult who moves from a lying to a standing position?
What does the sit-and-reach test assess?
What behavioral strategy are you employing when you plan an outdoor exercise program for your client during his upcoming three-week vacation?
Which component should be the primary focus of the mission statement for a personal training business?
Which of the following practices are NOT recommended for persons with asthma who desire to participate in a strenuous aerobic exercise program?
What muscle extends the elbow?
When developing an exercise prescription for a client visiting a high altitude environment (over 1500 m), the personal trainer should be aware that ______.
If the facility's ______ is not in place, a potential for litigation could occur.
You have a new male client who is 68” (1.73m) tall, 36 years old, weighs 194 lbs (88 kg) and is cleared by his physician to begin an exercise program of moderate intensity. Which constitutes a SMART weight loss goal for him?
Which statement is not an American College of Sports Medicine guideline for aerobic exercise and the older adult?
Joe consumed half of the adult Recommended Dietary Allowance for carbohydrates as noted on the nutrition facts panel for persons consuming 2500 calories per day. Approximately how many grams of carbohydrates does Joe have remaining today?
Failure to conduct thorough pre-participation screenings with members puts the personal trainer at increased risk of being sued for ______.
What behavior change technique includes expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, rolling with resistance, and supporting self-efficacy?
What is defined as the ability to move a joint through its normal range of motion?
A client who reports a decreased Rating of Perceived Exertion at a given treadmill running speed after taking albuterol, likely suffers from which of the following conditions?
What acute cardiovascular responses accompany the transition from sitting to walking?
This law grants immunity to those persons who in good faith try to protect, serve and tend to others who are injured or ill but does NOT apply to the fitness professional while serving on the job.
As the percentage of 1 RM (Repetition Maximum) resistance increases ______.
What is the American College of Sports Medicine's recommendation regarding frequency to increase cardiorespiratory fitness?
Together, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine recommend that every US adult should accumulate _____ minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical activity on most, preferably all days of the week.
Case study: A new client who has been resistance training for 6 months, comes to you with a goal of increasing muscular size. Following health appraisal and fitness testing including a modified 1 RM test, you design a program to meet the client's goal. Which of the following regimens best defines an appropriate plan to achieve this client's goal?
Which cardiovascular training approach, if repeated frequently, is most likely going to lead to overtraining?
What of the following is the formula for calculating the heart rate reserve?
What is the natural curve in the lumbar region of the spine?
An appropriate exercise to develop muscle endurance for the ________ is ________ .
What is the suggested order of an exercise session?
What is the order of stretching techniques from lowest risk of injury to highest risk of injury?
Which of the following best describes the symptoms that occur at 24-48 hours after a single bout of intensive exercise?
What health-related physical fitness component is primarily emphasized in a circuit training program that has 30 stations, 60 seconds per station, at 25% of one repetition maximum?
What is the fundamental unit of muscle contraction?
Which of the following is the correct energy expenditure in METs associated with an exercise oxygen uptake of 28 ml·kg-1·min-1?
Which of the following is characterized as a plane (uniaxial) joint?
What position should women in their second or third trimester of pregnancy avoid when performing exercise?
Adenosine triphosphate production via "anaerobic" glycolysis is associated with the significant formation of what by-product?
What is the major muscle used to flex the hip joint?
Which of the following is also known as the Trunk Flexion Test?
Which muscle is an antagonist of the hamstrings?
What is the correct order of the regions of the spinal column, from superior to inferior?
What does it mean if a specific activity is contraindicated?
Why is a cool-down period important?
Mitral valve prolapse is a condition which primarily affects the .
What is the function of the tricuspid valve?
A subject with elbows held at 90 degrees of flexion is handed a 150 lb (68.1kg) barbell. Even though he exerts maximal tension, the barbell causes the joint angle to increase to 170 degrees. Which one of the following describes the muscle action during the extension?
Using the Heart Rate Reserve method, what is the target heart rate for a 40 year-old man with a resting heart rate of 70 beats/min, exercising at an intensity of 65%?
From a seated position, with dumbbells to the sides, raising the dumbbells laterally to shoulder level with elbows slightly flexed, exercises primarily the _______:
Which of the following statements is true regarding exercise for the prepubescent child?
Which of the following is a result of chronic aerobic training?
Which of the following is the term used for a training regimen that begins with rapid eccentric muscle action followed by concentric action of the same muscle?
The Valsalva maneuver may elicit which of the following physiological responses during the concentric phase of a resistance training repetition?
What is a function of the hamstring muscles?
Approximately how long is the initial conditioning phase of a cardiovascular training program?
How does heart rate increase in relation to work rate and oxygen uptake during dynamic exercise?
Typical movements in the weight room such as a biceps curl using free weights and leg press actions using a machine are best described as ____________ muscle actions.
What is the anatomical reference for the waist circumference measurement?
What does waist to hip ratio assess?
Which of the following indicates the correct order for a traditional periodization program for resistance training?
Which of the following is a limiting factor when using the body mass index (BMI) to determine obesity and disease risk?
A certified Personal Trainer fails to properly spot a client performing heavy incline dumbbell presses and the client injures himself. This is an example of what type of negligence?
Which of the following is the correct sequence of events when starting the process for exercise prescription for a new client?
Mr. Smith wishes to enroll in your exercise program. Preliminary evaluation revealed the following information:
Age = 50 years Resting heart rate = 78 beats/min
Weight = 198 lb (90 kg) Resting blood pressure = 162/94 mm Hg
Height = 70 inches (178 cm) Body fat = 30%
Blood chemistry:
Total cholesterol = 240 mg/dl (6.21 mmol/L)
HDL cholesterol = 34 mg/dl (0.88 mmol/L)
Triglycerides = 180 mg/dl (2.03 mmol/L)
Glucose = 98 mg/dl (5.55 mmol/L)
Family history and current habits:
Father died of heart attack at 90 years of age
Hypertensive mother died at age 84
Smokes a pipe after dinner each evening
Smokes cigarettes (25-30 per day)
Reports too much work and is struggling to meet deadlines
Currently doing moderate exercise
No medications at present
According to ACSM stratification guidelines, Mr. Smith has which of the following coronary artery disease risk factors?
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the warm-up and cool-down components of the exercise training session?
What is the correct hand placement when spotting the dumbbell fly exercise?
What is the difference between absolute and relative contraindication?
What exercise should be avoided for a person suffering from shoulder impingement syndrome?
What factors should be taken into account when determining appropriate exercise test and mode?
The recommended initial treatment for an acute joint injury is the application of which of the following?
What is a warning sign of anorexia nervosa?
A client at your fitness center complains of a headache and seems disoriented. He appears ashen and has moist, cold skin. You know from his health history that he has Type II diabetes. Which of the following steps do you take after you call for medical assistance?
With respect to the exercise prescription for children (defined as < 13 years), it can be said that _____.
What is the correct order of an effective program planning model?
Which of the following indicate the appropriate height range for performing depth jump training effectively and safely?
Which of the following statements about dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is correct?
Which of the following is a potential danger of long-term consumption of a high-protein diet?
An auditory learner benefits most from which of the following?
As described by the American College of Sports Medicine, proper technique during the push-up test involves _____.
An athlete in heavy endurance training should maintain a daily carbohydrate intake that is approximately what percentage of his/her total energy intake?
What type of learner would benefit from a handout with written instructions?
General guidelines to follow when prescribing resistance training exercise to the client with arthritis include which of the following?
For the comparison of body mass index (BMI) and plethysmography body composition assessment techniques, which of the following statements is correct?
What is the initial American College of Sports Medicine risk stratification of a 57 year old female client who has a blood pressure of 150/70 mm Hg and a total serum cholesterol of 240 mg/dL (6.2 mmol/L)?
Your client is a 59 year old sedentary female with a body mass index of 33 kg/m2. She has no history of heart disease herself, but her mother had a myocardial infarction at the age of 66. She is an ex-smoker who quit 15 years ago, blood pressure is consistently 135/85 mm Hg, total cholesterol is 180 mg/dL (4.6 mmol/L) with an HDL level of 30 mg/dL (0.8 mmol/L), and blood glucose is 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L). She has come to you for advice because she wishes to improve her overall health and fitness.
What initial American College of Sports Medicine risk stratification does this client fall into?
When discussing strategies for changing physical activity habits with clients, it is usually best to:
What is the equivalent of 2.5 pounds (1.13 kg) of body fat in kilocalories?
A client is attempting to lose 10 pounds. In order to lose 1.5 pounds per week, she will have to reduce her caloric intake per day by how many calories?
If a 50 year old male checked a "yes" response on his PAR-Q, what is the next step for his certified Personal Trainer?
Your client is 5' 3" tall and weighs 130 pounds. After calculating her BMI, you have determined that she falls in which of the following weight status categories?