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ACSM Personal Trainer Certification
Exam

1st Class Lever - ANS-Primarily for stability, see saw
Ex. Head on cervical vertebrae

second Class Lever - ANS-Primarily for power
Wheel barrow
Ex. Plantar flexion while walking

3 Minute Step Test Protocol (Kasch) - ANS-1. Take HRrest
2. Client steps up on 12" step (up up, down down) at 96 bpm for three mins.
Three. At give up of three:00, customer sits and pulse is taken once more within five seconds.
4. RHR is counted for a full minute (wrist ought to be underneath coronary heart)
Consult norms for age/sex

third Class Lever - ANS-Primarily for ROM, usually physiological disadvantaging motion,
distance among lever and fulcrum is smallest; seventy five% of skeletal system
Ex. Shoveling motion
Elbow flexion

5 Components of Fitness - ANS-1. Cardiorespiratory Endurance
2. Muscle Endurance
3. Muscle Strength
four. Flexibility
5. Body Composition

Abdominal curl - ANS-Spinal flexion (rectus abdominus)

Abduction/adduction - ANS-Movement faraway from/into the midline

Absolute Contraindication of Exercise Testing - ANS-Significant modifications in EKG, unstable
angina, stenosis, HF, aneurysm, acute contamination, pulmonary embolus

ACSM & AHA CR Training - ANS-<65 should engage in moderate intensity aerobic exercises 30
min/day, 5 days/wk or high intensity 20 min/day, 3 days/wk

ACSM Labeling of Client Physical Readiness - ANS-Poor: Sedentary, no habitual activity,
extremely deconditioned

, Poor-fair: Minimal PA, no exercise, moderately to highly deconditioned
Fair-average: Sporadic PA, no/suboptimal exercise, moderately to mildly deconditioned
Average-good: Habitual PA, regular moderate/vig exercise
Good-excellent: High habitual PA, regular vigorous intensity exercise

ACSM on Weight Loss & Weight Prevention Strategies - ANS-Increase activity levels above
baseline to 50-60 min/day in short bouts or continuous, totaling 250-300 min/wk, moderate
exercise to lose or maintain weight

Acute CR Response to Aerobic Exercise - ANS-Increase: HR, SV, CO, AOD, BF, systolic BP,
pulmonary ventilation, O2 consumption

Acute Responses to Strength/Endurance Training - ANS-Increase HR and BP, SV (eccentric)

Adductor muscle group - ANS-Joint: Hip
Adduction (magnus, brevis, longus)

ADL - ANS-One's ability to perform daily tasks such as self care and chores

Adult Learning Strategies/Coaching - ANS-Self directed focus
Involvement in decision making
Use past experience as a basis of decision making
Learn by problem solving
Learn best when emotionally and physically stable
Intrinsic (from within) or extrinsic (outside) reward system

Aerobic Training for Beginners - ANS-No activity: focus on light to moderate activity for 20-30
mins/day, accumulating 10 min bouts is okay; totaling 60-150 min/week

Minimal prior PA: focus 30-60 min/day (accumulating 10 min bouts okay); totaling 150-200
min/wk

Aerobic Training for Established Clients - ANS-Moderate to vigorous exercise 30-90 min/day,
targeting 200-300 min/wk for moderate or 100-150 min/wk of vigorous/combination

Aerobic Training for Intermediate Clients - ANS-Fair-average readiness: moderate 30-90
min/day, accumulating 200-300 min/wk
>60 min at a time can increase dropout price

Anaerobic Glycolysis/Lactic Acid - ANS-Anaerobic
Glucose & lactic acid
:30-3 mins excessive intensity paintings
four hundred-800m dash, 100m swim

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