NASM Physique and Bodybuilding Coach || || || || ||
exam with correct detailed answers || || || ||
Evidence-based practice - Correct answer ✔An approach to practice where || || || || || || || || || ||
decisions are based on (a) the best available research, (b) the unique context,
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preferences, and values of the client, and (c) the experiences of the practitioner.
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Physical culture - Correct answer ✔A 19th century cultural movement in
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Europe and the United States that preceded organized strength and physique
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sport which promoted health via regular training, typically including weight
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lifting.
Physique athlete - Correct answer ✔Anyone who trains regularly for the
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primary purpose of developing a muscular physique, whether they compete in
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physique sport or not. || || ||
Symmetry - Correct answer ✔The physique quality of muscular balance and
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proportionality, from top to bottom, back to front, and left to right. || || || || || || || || || || ||
X-frame - Correct answer ✔The appearance of one's physique being x-shaped
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due to having a small waist, wide shoulders, and sweeping quadriceps. Having
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an x-frame is a large part of symmetry.
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Hypertrophy - Correct answer ✔The process of muscle growth, specifically
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skeletal muscle in the context of bodybuilding.
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, Contest preparation - Correct answer ✔The process of dieting to extremely low
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body fat levels, over multiple months, while maintaining as much muscle as
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possible to be competitive in physique sport. || || || || || ||
Disordered eating - Correct answer ✔Distressing eating behaviors which don't
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meet diagnostic criteria for eating disorders; also describes behaviors associated
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with eating disorders in research when diagnoses aren't made.
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Orthorexia nervosa - Correct answer ✔A not yet officially classified || || || || || || || || || ||
pathological focus on healthy eating that causes anxiety when dietary rules || || || || || || || || || || ||
cannot be followed, which negatively impacts psychosocial and physical health.
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Binge eating disorder - Correct answer ✔Recurring episodes of uncontrolled
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eating where an unusually large amount of food is consumed in a discrete
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period of time, often resulting in feelings of guilt or shame.
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Bulimia nervosa - Correct answer ✔Regular episodes of binge eating frequently
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followed by compensatory behavior such as excessive exercise, extreme dieting
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or fasting, laxative use, or self-induced vomiting.
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Muscle dysmorphia - Correct answer ✔A subset of body dysmorphic disorder
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where a distressing belief that one is not muscular enough, despite reality,
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causes obsessive training, eating, and performance-enhancing drug use.
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exam with correct detailed answers || || || ||
Evidence-based practice - Correct answer ✔An approach to practice where || || || || || || || || || ||
decisions are based on (a) the best available research, (b) the unique context,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
preferences, and values of the client, and (c) the experiences of the practitioner.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Physical culture - Correct answer ✔A 19th century cultural movement in
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Europe and the United States that preceded organized strength and physique
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
sport which promoted health via regular training, typically including weight
|| || || || || || || || || ||
lifting.
Physique athlete - Correct answer ✔Anyone who trains regularly for the
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
primary purpose of developing a muscular physique, whether they compete in
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
physique sport or not. || || ||
Symmetry - Correct answer ✔The physique quality of muscular balance and
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
proportionality, from top to bottom, back to front, and left to right. || || || || || || || || || || ||
X-frame - Correct answer ✔The appearance of one's physique being x-shaped
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
due to having a small waist, wide shoulders, and sweeping quadriceps. Having
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
an x-frame is a large part of symmetry.
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Hypertrophy - Correct answer ✔The process of muscle growth, specifically
|| || || || || || || || || ||
skeletal muscle in the context of bodybuilding.
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, Contest preparation - Correct answer ✔The process of dieting to extremely low
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
body fat levels, over multiple months, while maintaining as much muscle as
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
possible to be competitive in physique sport. || || || || || ||
Disordered eating - Correct answer ✔Distressing eating behaviors which don't
|| || || || || || || || || ||
meet diagnostic criteria for eating disorders; also describes behaviors associated
|| || || || || || || || || ||
with eating disorders in research when diagnoses aren't made.
|| || || || || || || ||
Orthorexia nervosa - Correct answer ✔A not yet officially classified || || || || || || || || || ||
pathological focus on healthy eating that causes anxiety when dietary rules || || || || || || || || || || ||
cannot be followed, which negatively impacts psychosocial and physical health.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Binge eating disorder - Correct answer ✔Recurring episodes of uncontrolled
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eating where an unusually large amount of food is consumed in a discrete
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
period of time, often resulting in feelings of guilt or shame.
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Bulimia nervosa - Correct answer ✔Regular episodes of binge eating frequently
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followed by compensatory behavior such as excessive exercise, extreme dieting
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or fasting, laxative use, or self-induced vomiting.
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Muscle dysmorphia - Correct answer ✔A subset of body dysmorphic disorder
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where a distressing belief that one is not muscular enough, despite reality,
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causes obsessive training, eating, and performance-enhancing drug use.
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