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What is defined as the body’s ability to provide optimal dynamic joint support to maintain correct posture during all movements?

A

Stabilization

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A client is performing a push-up exercise with a 4-3-2-1 repetition tempo. For how many seconds is the eccentric muscle action performed?

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4 seconds

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What is defined as the enlargement of skeletal muscle fibers in response to being recruited to develop increased levels of tension, as seen in resistance training?

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Muscular hypertrophy

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What are the three movements performed during the ball combo I exercise?

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Scaption, shoulder abduction, and cobra

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Which option is a common power-focused resistance training exercise?

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Medicine ball soccer throw

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What is the ideal landing position when performing the squat jump exercise?

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Knees over second and third toes

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What are the three movements performed during the ball combo II exercise?

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Row, shoulder external rotation, and shoulder press

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The development of muscular endurance of the legs requires light weights and high repetitions when performing leg-related exercises. What is this an example of?

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Mechanical specificity

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What muscles does the tubing (shoulder) external rotation exercise primarily target?

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Infraspinatus and teres minor

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What equation represents power?

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Force x velocity

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What area of the body is most targeted during the single-leg squat to row exercise?

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Posterior chain

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During which exercise will the upper body likely fatigue before the lower body?

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Squat, curl to two-arm press

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What is the general adaptation syndrome?

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The general adaptation syndrome describes the way in which the body responds and adapts to stress.

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Which option is an inaccurate description of the Valsalva maneuver?

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It is a recommended technique for those with hypertension

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A client is performing a dumbbell overhead press exercise. How should the fitness professional spot their client?

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The fitness professional should spot their client at the wrists.

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What is the concentric motion of the shoulder blades during the standing cable row exercise?

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Retraction

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A client is performing a push-up exercise with a 4-3-2-1 repetition tempo. For how many seconds is the concentric muscle contraction performed?

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2 seconds

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What is defined as an individual’s level of effort, compared with their maximal effort, which is usually expressed as a percentage?

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Training intensity

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If someone repeatedly lifts heavy weights, that person will produce higher levels of maximal strength. What is this an example of?

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SAID principle

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A client performs a heavy squat exercise followed by a set of squat jumps. What type of resistance training system is being used?

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Complex training

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Which exercise is a total-body power-focused movement?

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Two-arm push press

22
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What is a physical benefit of resistance training?

A

Increased muscular hypertrophy

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A client is performing the multiplanar step-up, balance, curl to overhead press exercise. During the movement, their low-back arches. Which muscles are potentially overactive and underactive?

A

Overactive latissimus dorsi and underactive abdominals

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What is defined as the ability to produce and maintain force production for prolonged periods of time?

A

Muscular endurance

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A client is performing a barbell squat exercise. How should the fitness professional spot their client?

A

The fitness professional should spot underneath the client’s armpits.

26
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What is a characteristic of type I muscle fibers?

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Type I fibers are “slow twitch.”

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What is an example of an individual in the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

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The person is experiencing delayed-onset muscle soreness.

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What is the principle of specificity?

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A principle stating that the body will adapt to the specific demands that are placed on it

29
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What is the principle of specificity?

A

A principle stating that the body will adapt to the specific demands that are placed on it

30
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What is a proper regression if a client cannot perform the lunge exercise correctly?

A

Step-ups

31
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Which is a power-focused exercise for the back musculature?

A

Medicine ball pullover throw

32
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What does the standing dumbbell lateral raise primarily target?

A

Middle deltoid

33
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What is an example of an individual in the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

A

The person has suffered an ACL sprain.

34
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Which scheme would be the most ideal to achieve stabilization and muscular endurance adaptations?

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2 sets, 20 repetitions, 50% 1RM

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How far down should a client squat during the barbell squat exercise?

A

As far as can be controlled without compensating

36
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Which option is a common strength-focused resistance training exercise?

A

Barbell bench press

37
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What muscles does the tubing (shoulder) internal rotation exercise primarily target?

A

Subscapularis

38
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What is a drop set?

A

An approach that involves performing a set to failure, then removing a small percentage of the load and continuing with the set

39
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Which of these exercises targets the triceps musculature?

A

Close grip bench press

40
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Which scheme would be the most ideal to achieve maximal strength adaptations?

A

5 sets, 5 repetitions, 85% 1RM

41
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What are the five kinetic chain checkpoints?

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Feet, knees, hips, shoulders, head

42
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What resistance training system involves a progressive or regressive step approach that either increases or decreases weight with each set?

A

Pyramid system

43
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What are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome?

A

Alarm reaction, resistance development, and exhaustion

44
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What type of resistance training exercise best describes a kettlebell bottoms-up movement?

A

Stabilization-focused exercise

45
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What is the Valsalva maneuver?

A

A process that involves expiring against a closed windpipe, creating additional intra-abdominal pressure and spinal stability

46
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How heavy should the medicine ball be when performing the soccer throw exercise?

A

No more than 10% of body weight

47
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What is the peripheral heart action system?

A

A variation of circuit training that alternates upper body and lower body exercises throughout the circuit

48
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What is the finished hand position when performing the ball cobra exercise?

A

Thumbs pointing up

49
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What is the correct position of the hands during the standing hammer curl exercise?

A

Palms facing inward toward each other

50
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Which exercise primarily strengthens the gastrocnemius and soleus?

A

Calf raise

51
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Which exercise is categorized as a total-body movement?

A

Ball squat, curl to press

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