ISSA Personal Training

What is the appropriate protein portion for men? - 2 palms. If you are looking to add some lean mass, add an extra thumb of fat or another cupped handful of carbs for a few meals. Which type of contraction allows the muscles to "activate" but have no movement or change in muscle length? - Isometric contraction. Exercises include: wall-sit, plank, A client thinks they injured their shoulder, what should the trainer do? - Refer them to a doctor. Personal trainers/fitness peeps are not qualified to diagnose injuries. All activities begin in which energy pathway? - ATP/CP pathway. Doesn't matter how long or how intense the activity is, every activity starts here. Myosin ATPase cuts off a phosphate molecule from ATP and uses it for releasing energy. What is the most superficial (closest to the surface) muscle of the abdominals. - External obliques Utilizing the FITT principle, how many times a week should a beginner client workout for? - 3 times a week. This principle works best for beginners because it will show them how to get started. What is responsible for sensing excessive stretch to protect the muscle? - Muscle spindle. Cycling your training to help account for shock, compensation, and exhaustion is an important part of periodization and refers to which principle? - The GAS principle. 1. "Alarm stage" applying intense training stress. 2. "Resistance stage" muscles evolve and adapt to handling heavier loads and resist stressful weights more easily and effectively. 3. "Exhaustion stage" continually adding stress will exhaust our reserves and will cease to function at peak performance.