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Concepts of Integrated Training (Flexibility, Cardiorespiratory, Core Flashcards

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What are 3 primary goals of a core training program?

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Develop neuromuscular efficiency, intervertebral and LPHC stability, and functional strength

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What stretching technique uses functional movements to move the body through a full range of motion at realistic speeds?

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Dynamic stretching

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Which balance-power exercise involves lifting one leg directly beside balance leg, hopping off the box and landing on ground on one leg; keeping toes pointing straight ahead and knees directly over the toes, and holding this position for 3 to 5 seconds?

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Multiplanar single-leg box hop-down with stabilization

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Which heart rate training zone builds high-end work capacity?

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Zone three

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What stage is best for people with low-to-moderate cardio fitness levels who are ready to begin training at higher intensities, moves in and out of zones 1 and 2, intro to interval training?

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Stage II

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A multiplanar single-leg box hop-up with stabilization is categorized as an exercise in which of the following?

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Balance-power

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What is a multiplanar single-leg box hop-up with stabilization an example of?

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Balance-power exercise

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James performs a multiplanar lunge to balance. After first stepping out into the lunge, which of the following should he perform as the next step in this exercise?

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Push off the front foot through the heel

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Which structures make up the core?

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Which structures make up the core?Lumbo-pelvic-hip complex, including the lumbar spine, the pelvic girdle, abdomen, and the hip joint

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The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist

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Altered reciprocal inhibition

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Which heart rate training zone builds aerobic base and aids in recovery?

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Zone One

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The process when neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles

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Autogenic inhibition

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The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns

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Relative flexibility

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What is the repair process initiated by dysfunction within the connective tissue of the kinetic chain that is treated by the body as an injury?

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Cumulative injury cycle

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Stage II intervals should have what work: rest ratio?

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Start with 1:3, progress to 1:2 and eventually 1:1

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What workout component consists of stretching movements that mimic the activity to be performed later in the workout?

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Specific warm-up

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How long should a client hold the landing position in a squat jump with stabilization exercise?

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3–5 seconds

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While performing a multiplanar lunge to balance exercise, a client exhibits excessive extension of the lumbar spine. Which of the following instructions can help this client?

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Tell the client to reduce their stride length.

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The body’s ability to produce, reduce, and stabilizes forces in all three planes of motion

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Neuromuscular efficiency

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On what should core training focus?

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Quality of movement

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What is developed when clients demonstrate poor flexibility?

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Relative flexibility

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Which of the following is a form of training in which an individual reacts to the ground surface in such a way that he or she develops larger than normal ground forces that can be used to project the body with a greater velocity or speed of movement?

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Reactive training

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Consistently repeating the same pattern of motion, which may place abnormal stresses on the body

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Pattern overload

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Which heart rate training zone increases endurance and trains the anaerobic threshold?

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Zone two

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For advanced exercisers, what stage uses all three heart rate zones for maximal cardiorespiratory improvement, used at Power level, includes HIIT?

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Stage III

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26
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Co-contraction of core movement muscles to increase LPHC stability

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Abdominal bracing

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Which characteristics help identify exercises in the core-stabilization level?

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Involve little motion through the spine and pelvis

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What prepares body and mind for physical activity, increases heart and respiration rates, increases body temperature?

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The warm-up

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What is the reflex that realigns the eyes by anteriorly rotating the pelvis when the cervical spine is in extension?

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Pelvo-ocular reflex

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What is the primary goal of core-power training?

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Develop the ability to stabilize and generate force at functionally applicable speeds

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What are some general warm-up recommendations?

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5 to 10 minutes at low-to-moderate intensity

32
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What are 4 core exercises in the strength level?

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Ball crunch; Back extensions; Reverse crunch; Cable rotations

33
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Which stretching technique is used during Phase 5 of the OPT model?

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Dynamic stretching

34
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What are 4 core-power exercises?

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Rotation chest pass, Ball medicine ball pullover throw, Front medicine ball oblique throw, Soccer throw

35
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What stage improves cardio fitness levels using HR zone 1?

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Stage I

36
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What 3 things has research demonstrated regarding circuit training?

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Just as beneficial as traditional cardiorespiratory training; produces greater levels of EPOC and strength; produces near identical caloric expenditure when compared with walking at a fast pace

37
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Which muscles directly attach to the vertebrae and stabilize the spine?

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Local stabilization musculature

38
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What is just as beneficial as traditional cardio for health?

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Circuit training

39
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What uses the Borg scale to rate how hard one is training?

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Rating of perceived exertion (RPE)

40
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What are 4 core-stabilization exercises?

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Marching, Floor bridge, Floor prone cobra, Prone iso-Abs

41
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What workout component consists of movement activities that get heart rate up, such as walking on a treadmill or riding a stationary bike?

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General warm-up

42
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Which stretching technique is used during Phases 2, 3, and 4 of the OPT model?

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Active-isolated stretching

43
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The type of flexibility designed to improve extensibility of soft tissue and increase neuromuscular efficiency by using reciprocal inhibition

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Active flexibility

44
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What type of flexibility is developed during Phase 1 of the OPT model?

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SMR and static stretching

45
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With what stage should Stage II training alternate every other day?

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Stage I

46
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What are the warm-up steps for a Power-level client?

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SMR, 3-10 dynamic stretches

47
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What are 3 reasons to perform cardiorespiratory exercise?

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Lose weight, reduce stress, improve health

48
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What are the 3 phases of the integrated flexibility continuum?

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Corrective flexibility, active flexibility, functional flexibility

49
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What is the recommended frequency for cardiorespiratory training?

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General health: daily, for small quantities of time, at moderate intensity — To improve fitness: 3 - 5 days per week, at high intensity

50
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What are 8 reasons for the incorporation of flexibility training?

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Correct muscle imbalances; increase joint range of motion; decrease tension of muscles; relieve joint stress; improve extensibility; maintain normal functional length of muscles; improve optimum neuromuscular efficiency; improve function

51
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What are the warm-up steps for a Stabilization-level client?

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SMR, static stretching, 5-10 minutes light cardio

52
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What is the minimum amount of time static stretches should be held?

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30 seconds

53
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What are some suggested steps for cool-down?

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5-10 minutes light cardio, SMR, static stretching

54
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Which type of training involves performing exercises as fast and explosively as possible?

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Reactive-power

55
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Exercises with little to no motion of the spine and pelvis used to improve neuromuscular efficiency and intervertebral stability

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Core-stabilization

56
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What is the minimum duration pressure should be sustained on adhesions while performing self-myofascial release?

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30 seconds

57
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An informal method used to gauge exercise training intensity.

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Talk test

58
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The level of demand that activity places on the body

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Intensity

59
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The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow full range of motion of a joint

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Flexibility

60
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What are the warm-up steps for a Strength-level client?

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SMR, active-isolated stretching, 5-10 minutes light cardio

61
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Which of the following involves the entire muscle action spectrum and contraction-velocity spectrum used during integrated, functional movements?

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Plyometric-power training

62
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What are 3 things a client should have established prior to incorporating dynamic stretching into a program?

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Good levels of tissue extensibility, core stability, balance capabilities

63
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What is the often overlooked segment of a workout that provides the body with a smooth transition from exercise back to a steady state of rest?

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Cool-down

64
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Altered reciprocal inhibition, synergistic dominance, and arthrokinetic dysfunction all lead to what?

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Muscle imbalance

65
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What are the structures of the LPHC?

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Lumbar spine, pelvic girdle, abdomen, hip joint

66
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The main goal of balance training is to continually increase a client’s awareness of his or her limit of stability awareness by creating which of the following?

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Controlled instability

67
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Core-power exercises are easily identified by:

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Explosive movements with medicine ball

68
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Law that states soft tissue models along lines of stress

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Davis’s law

69
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What are 2 techniques used in corrective flexibility?

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Static stretching and SMR (self-myofascial release)

70
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Pulling the navel toward the spine to increase core stability

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Drawing-in maneuver

71
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Exercises that involve dynamic eccentric and concentric movement of the balance leg through a full range of motion are categorized as which of the following?

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Balance-strength

72
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Which classificaion of exercises involve more dynamic eccentric and concentric movement through a full range of motion?

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Plyometric-strength

73
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Stretching technique that focuses on the neural system and fascial system of the body by applying gentle force to an adhesion

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Self-myofascial release

74
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What is the purpose of stretch-shortening cycles?

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To produce the necessary force to change the direction of an object’s center of mass efficiently

75
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What stretching technique uses agonist and synergist muscles to move a limb through its entire range of motion while stretching the functional antagonist?

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Active-isolated stretching

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