Chapter 12: Program Design

Question 1

List the five steps in program design.

Answer 1

1. Information gathering
2. Prioritizing client goals
3. Designing the program
4. Delivering the program
5. Reassessment

Question 2

List at least three variables that the Personal Training Specialist can change to make the client’s cardiorespiratory training more challenging without changing the selection of exercise or equipment type:

Answer 2

Any of the three: 
• Speed
• ROM
• Resistance
• Direction
• Work-to-rest ratio

Question 3

A Personal Training Specialist should be performing client reassessments every

Answer 3

1 to 3 months

Question 4

Which three factors must be successfully managed to accomplish a meeting of science and art in personal training?

Answer 4

client goals, abilities, and limitations

Question 5

When training clients, the best approach is to

Answer 5

underestimate their ability and change if needed

Question 6

No strict rule governs when to change a client’s program, but the general rule is to make a program adjustment at least once every ________, depending on ___________________ and the client’s ____________.

Answer 6

2 weeks; how often the client is exercising; skill level

Question 7

If a client comes in with a slightly forward-leaning posture that is not related to an injury or deformity, which style of training would you use in his or her program?

Answer 7

unbalanced approach