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1
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What are the 7 most common chronic diseases?

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Cardiovascular disease
hypertension
high cholesterol
stroke
respiratory disease
obesity
diabetes
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Why has there been a rise in demand for personal training? 2

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  • A rise in obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases

- longer life expectancies

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How can most chronic diseases be managed? 3

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Early detection
treatment
healthy living

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4
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The condition of being considerably overweight by over 30 pounds or having a BMI over 30

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Obesity

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The condition of being 25-30 pounds over the recommended weight for one’s height or having a BMI of 25-29

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Overweight

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6
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What fraction of Americans can be categorized as overweight or obese?

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Roughly 2/3

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To which chronic diseases is excessive body weight linked? 5

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Cardiovascular disease
type II diabetes
high cholesterol
osteoarthritis
some types of cancer
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8
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Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint

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Muscle imbalance

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9
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What is a primary cause for a lack of physical activity? 3

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Low back pain
knee injuries
shoulder & neck pain

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10
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Roughly what percentage of adults are affected by low-back pain?

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80%

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What effect can sitting for longer than three hours at a time, working in enclosed spaces, and manual labor create on the human body?

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Low-back pain

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12
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What injury is reported to have around 80,000 to 100,000 cases each year?

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ACL injury

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13
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Of the ACL injuries that occur each year, around 70% are what kind of injury?

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Non-contact injuries

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14
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What is the average age for most ACL injuries?

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Between 15 and 25 years old

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15
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What helps to alleviate the occurrence of non-contact injuries?

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Enhancing neuromuscular stabilization

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16
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What is the estimated value of lost work time due to injury?

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$120 billion

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17
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The ability of the neuromuscular system to produce the greatest force in the shortest amount of time

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Power

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18
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What are the three adaptations/levels of the Optimum Performance Training Model?

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Stabilization, Strength, Power

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A systematic, integrated, and functional training program that simultaneously improves biomotor abilities and builds high levels of functional strength, neuromuscular efficiency, and dynamic flexibility

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The OPT model

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20
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What are the components of integrated training? 9

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Flexibility
cardiorespiratory
core
balance
reactive (plyometric)
speed
agility
quickness (SAQ)
resistance training
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21
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Which OPT level increases muscular endurance and neuromuscular efficiency?

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Stabilization

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22
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What are some stabilization training strategies?3

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proprioceptively based (increases in challenge come from challenging balance and stabilization systems more)
low loads
high repetitions

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23
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What are the 3 phases of the Strength level?

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Phase 2: Strength Endurance, Phase 3: Hypertrophy, Phase 4: Maximal Strength

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24
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Which level of the OPT model increases prime mover strength while maintaining stabilization endurance adaptations?

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Phase 2: Strength Endurance

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Which training strategy is used in Phase 2: Strength Endurance?

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Supersets of strength and stabilization exercises

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26
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Which training strategy uses high volume, high to moderate loads, and moderate for maximal soft tissue growth?

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Hypertrophy

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27
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Which training strategy uses high loads, low repetitions, and longer rest periods?

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Maximal strength

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28
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What are the 3 stages in the General Adaptation Syndrome?

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Alarm reaction, resistance development, exhaustion

29
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When pain or discomfort occurs in the muscles 24-72 hours after exercise

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Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)

30
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When prolonged intolerable stressors produce fatigue and lead to breakdown in the system of injury

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Exhaustion

31
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The principle that states the body will adapt to the specific demands that are placed on it

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SAID Principle or Principle of Specificity

32
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For what does the acronym SAID stand?

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Specific adaptation to imposed demands

33
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The type of specificity that refers to the weight and movements placed on the body

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Mechanical specificity

34
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The type of specificity that refers to the energy demand placed on the body

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Metabolic specificity

35
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The type of specificity that refers to the speed of contraction and exercise selection

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Neuromuscular specificity

36
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What are 3 performance adaptive benefits from resistance training?

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Increased neuromuscular control
increased power
increased endurance

37
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The ability to provide support to maintain correct posture during all movements

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Stabilization

38
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What are 4 characteristics of stabilization exercises?

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High repetitions
low to moderate volume
low to moderate intensity
postural position that challenges stability

39
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The ability to produce and maintain force production for a prolonged period of time

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Muscular endurance

40
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Low to intermediate repetition ranges with progressive overload that results in the enlargement of skeletal muscle fibers

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Hypertrophy training

41
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The ability of the neuromuscular system to produce internal tension to overcome an external force

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Strength

42
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Ability of the neuromuscular system to produce the greatest force in the shortest time

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Power

43
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An increase in either of which 2 things will lead to an increase in power?

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Force or velocity (force x velocity = power)

44
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What type of resistance system does power training use?

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Superset a maximal strength exercise with a high velocity power exercise

45
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Training system that involves performing one set of each exercise

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Single-set system

46
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A resistance training system popular since the 1940s that consists of performing a multiple number of sets for each exercise

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Multiple-set system

47
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A system of strength training that involves a progressive or regressive step approach that either increases weight with each set or decreases weight with each set

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Pyramid system

48
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A system of strength training that uses a couple of exercises performed in rapid succession of one another

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Superset system

49
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A resistance training system that consists of a series of exercises the client performs one after the other with minimal rest

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Circuit training system

50
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The resistance training system that is another variation of circuit training that alternates upper body and lower body exercises throughout the circuit

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Peripheral heart action system

51
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The resistance training system that involves breaking the body up into parts to be trained on separate days

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Split-routine system

52
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A resistance training system that alternates body parts trained from set to set, starting from the upper extremity and moving to the lower extremity

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Vertical loading

53
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The type of resistance training system where the client performs all sets of an exercise or body part before moving on to the next exercise or body part

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Horizontal loading

54
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What are 3 goals of Phase 5 of the OPT Model?

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Enhanced neuromuscular efficiency
enhanced prime mover strength
increased rate of force production

55
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Cholesterol and triglycerides, carried in bloodstream by protein molecules known as high density lipoproteins (HDL) and low density lipoproteins(LDL)

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Blood lipids

56
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Chronic metabolic disorder caused by insulin resistance which impairs carbohydrate usage and enhances usage of fats and proteins

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Diabetes mellitus

57
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a state of lost physical fitness which may include muscle imbalances, decreased flexibility, and a lack of core and joint stability

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Deconditioned

58
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the cumulative sensory input to the central nervous system from all mechanoreceptors that sense body position

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Proprioception

59
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an unstable (yet controllable) physical situation in which exercises are performed that cause the body to use its internal balance and stabilization mechanisms

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Proprioceptively enriched environment

60
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a muscles ability to contract from an extended period of time

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muscular endurance

61
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the ability of the neuromuscular system to enable all muscles to efficiently work together in all planes of motion

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neuromuscular efficiency

62
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the muscle that acts as the initial and main source of motive power

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prime mover

63
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ability of the muscles to exert maximal force output in a minimal amount of time

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rate of force production

64
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division of a training program into smaller progressive stages

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Periodization

65
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principle that states the body will adapt to the specific demands that are placed on it; aka the specific adaptions to imposed demands (SAID) principle

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Principle of Specificity

66
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refers to the weight and and movements placed on the body

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mechanical specificity

67
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refers to the speed of contraction and exercise selection

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neuromuscular specificity

68
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refers to the energy demand placed in the body

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metabolic specificity

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