NASM STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Subjective Information - ANSWER-Information that is gathered from a prospective client
to give the health and fitness professional feedback regarding personal history such as
occupation, lifestyle and medical background.
Program Design - ANSWER-A purposeful system or plan put together to help an
individual achieve a specific goal.
Biomechanics - ANSWER-A study that uses principals of physics to quantitatively study
how forces interact within a living body.
Dietary Supplement - ANSWER-A substance that completes or makes an addition to
daily dietary intake.
Proprioceptively enriched environment - ANSWER-An unstable (but controlled)
environment where exercises are performed that causes the body to use its internal
balance and stabilization mechanisms
Reactive Training - ANSWER-Exercises that use quick, powerful movements involving
an eccentric contraction immediately followed by an explosive concentric contraction.
Obesity - ANSWER-Fastest growing health problem in the US
The Nervous System - ANSWER-It is a conglomeration of billions of cells forming
nerves that are specifically designed to provide a communication network within the
human body
nervous system, skeletal system and muscular system - ANSWER-kinetic chain
Heart - ANSWER-Muscular pump that rhythmically contracts to push blood throughout
the body
Dynamic Joint Stabilization - ANSWER-The ability of the kinetic chain to stabilize a joint
during movement.
Speed - ANSWER-The ability to move the body in one intended direction as fast as
possible.
, The Core - ANSWER-The lumbo-pelvic -hip complex and the thoracic and cervical
spine, where the body's center of gravity is located
Flexibility - ANSWER-The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow the full range
of motion of a joint.
Nutrition - ANSWER-The sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and
uses food substances.
Blood - ANSWER-Acts as a medium to deliver and collect essential products to and
from the tissues of the body.
Protein - ANSWER-Amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
Diabetes - ANSWER-Chronic metabolic disorder, in which the body's ability to produce
insulin or to utilize glucose is altered
Rate of force production - ANSWER-How quickly a muscle can generate force
Superior - ANSWER-Positioned above a point of reference.
Dynamic Range of Motion - ANSWER-The combination of flexibility and the nervous
system's ability to control this range efficiently.
General Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER-The kinetic chain's ability to adapt to
stresses placed on it.
Multisensory Condition - ANSWER-Training environment that provides heightened
stimulation to proprioceptors and mechanoreceptors.
Cardiorespiratory system - ANSWER-A system comprised of the cardiovascular and
respiratory systems
Rate of Force Production - ANSWER-Ability of muscles to exert maximal force output in
a minimal amount of time.
Acute Variables - ANSWER-Important components that specify how each exercise is to
be performed.
Inferior - ANSWER-Positioned below a point of reference.
sensory function - ANSWER-The ability to sense changes in either external or internal
environments
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Subjective Information - ANSWER-Information that is gathered from a prospective client
to give the health and fitness professional feedback regarding personal history such as
occupation, lifestyle and medical background.
Program Design - ANSWER-A purposeful system or plan put together to help an
individual achieve a specific goal.
Biomechanics - ANSWER-A study that uses principals of physics to quantitatively study
how forces interact within a living body.
Dietary Supplement - ANSWER-A substance that completes or makes an addition to
daily dietary intake.
Proprioceptively enriched environment - ANSWER-An unstable (but controlled)
environment where exercises are performed that causes the body to use its internal
balance and stabilization mechanisms
Reactive Training - ANSWER-Exercises that use quick, powerful movements involving
an eccentric contraction immediately followed by an explosive concentric contraction.
Obesity - ANSWER-Fastest growing health problem in the US
The Nervous System - ANSWER-It is a conglomeration of billions of cells forming
nerves that are specifically designed to provide a communication network within the
human body
nervous system, skeletal system and muscular system - ANSWER-kinetic chain
Heart - ANSWER-Muscular pump that rhythmically contracts to push blood throughout
the body
Dynamic Joint Stabilization - ANSWER-The ability of the kinetic chain to stabilize a joint
during movement.
Speed - ANSWER-The ability to move the body in one intended direction as fast as
possible.
, The Core - ANSWER-The lumbo-pelvic -hip complex and the thoracic and cervical
spine, where the body's center of gravity is located
Flexibility - ANSWER-The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow the full range
of motion of a joint.
Nutrition - ANSWER-The sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and
uses food substances.
Blood - ANSWER-Acts as a medium to deliver and collect essential products to and
from the tissues of the body.
Protein - ANSWER-Amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
Diabetes - ANSWER-Chronic metabolic disorder, in which the body's ability to produce
insulin or to utilize glucose is altered
Rate of force production - ANSWER-How quickly a muscle can generate force
Superior - ANSWER-Positioned above a point of reference.
Dynamic Range of Motion - ANSWER-The combination of flexibility and the nervous
system's ability to control this range efficiently.
General Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER-The kinetic chain's ability to adapt to
stresses placed on it.
Multisensory Condition - ANSWER-Training environment that provides heightened
stimulation to proprioceptors and mechanoreceptors.
Cardiorespiratory system - ANSWER-A system comprised of the cardiovascular and
respiratory systems
Rate of Force Production - ANSWER-Ability of muscles to exert maximal force output in
a minimal amount of time.
Acute Variables - ANSWER-Important components that specify how each exercise is to
be performed.
Inferior - ANSWER-Positioned below a point of reference.
sensory function - ANSWER-The ability to sense changes in either external or internal
environments
