NSCA-CPT Exam Questions Questions And Answers 2024/2025

NSCA-CPT Exam Questions Questions And Answers 2024/2025 What are considered core exercises? Give examples - answerMulti-joint exercises that work one big muscle along with other smaller muscle and joints. Ex: bench press, back squat What is considered a structural exercise? Give examples - answerCore exercises that loads the spine and makes the muscles of the torso erect. Ex: Back squat, overhead squat, shoulder press. What is considered an assistance exercise? Give example. - answerAssistance exercises are supplementary to core exercises and used to maintain muscular balance across a joint, help prevent or rehabilitate an injury, or isolate a specific muscle group. These or single joint exercises. Ex: bicep curl or pec deck What are the 5 different exercise orders? - answer1.) Power exercises-- Core exercises-- Assistance exercises 2.) Multi-joint-- Single joint 3.) Large Muscle-- Small muscle 4.) Push-- Pull 5.) Upper-- Lower What is a shoulder impingement? What are some exercises you should/shouldn't do with this? - answerTendonitis in the rotator cuff. -Anterior lat pulldown instead of posterior - Leg press instead of back squat What is the recommended frequency of certain muscle group being worked out? - answerAllow at least one day, but no more than three days, of rest for that muscle group before working it out again. What is a compound set? Give example. - answerA superset of two exercises that work the same muscle groups. Ex: Incline bench press and incline dumbbell press Open vs closed kinetic chain exercises - answerOpen: Hand and feet are fixed and the muscle groups in between are m