CROSSFIT LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE SOLVED
QUESTION SET
◉ What is functional movement. Answer: load, distance, and speed for
production of high power
◉ Define intensity. Answer: power
(intensity is the independent variable)
◉ Crossfit methodology:. Answer: safety, efficacy, and efficiency
(the 3 most important and interdependent facets to evaluate any fitness
program, can be supported only by measurable, observable, repeatable
data)
◉ 10 fitness domains of Crossfit:. Answer: cardiovascular/respiratory
endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination,
agility, balance, and accuracy
◉ Define athlete. Answer: a person who is trained or skilled in
exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or
stamina
,◉ Define Crossfit athlete. Answer: a person who is skilled or trained in
strength, power, balance, and agility, flexibility, and endurance
◉ How is energy derived?. Answer: aerobically when O2 is utilized to
metabolize substrates derived from food and liberates energy
◉ Aerobic activity:. Answer: are usually greater than 90 seconds in
duration and involve low to moderate power output or intensity
Ex: running on treadmill for 20 min, swimming a mile, watching TV
◉ Anaerobic activity:. Answer: energy is liberated from substances in
the absence of O2; these activities are of less than 2 min in duration and
involve moderate to high power output intensity
Ex: 100 m sprint, squatting, pull ups
◉ Anaerobic systems:. Answer: phosphagen and glycolytic (lactic acid)
◉ 2 Olympic lifts:. Answer: clean and jerk and snatch
(they train athletes to activate more muscle fibers more rapidly more
than through any other modality of training; develop an athletes
explosive power, control of external objects, and mastery of critical
motor recruitment patterns)
,◉ Hormonal responses vital to athletic development:. Answer: increased
in testosterone, insulin-like growth factor, and human growth hormone
◉ Adaptive responses to exercises capable of producing a significant
neuroendocrine response:. Answer: mass and bone density
◉ Power. Answer: time rate of doing work; also the definition of
intensity
◉ What is associated with high neuroendocrine response?. Answer:
heavy load weight lifting, short rest between sets, high heart rates, high
intensity training, short rest intervals
◉ Cross training vs Crossfit. Answer: cross training is participating in
several sports and Crossfit views cross training as exceeding the normal
parameters of the regular demands of your sport training
◉ Functional movement:. Answer: are mechanically sound and therefor
safe, and secondly they are the movements that elicit a high
neuroendocrine response
◉ Crossfit diet:. Answer: protein 30%; carbohydrates 40%; fat 30%
◉ Protein:. Answer: total calories based on protein needs which should
be between 0.7 and 1.0 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass
, ◉ High glycemic carbohydrates:. Answer: raise blood sugar too rapidly
Ex: rice, bread, candy, potato, sweets, sodas
◉ Crossfits 10 general physical skills:. Answer:
cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility,
power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy
◉ Training refers to:. Answer: activity that improves performance
through a measurable organic change in the body
◉ Practice refers to:. Answer: activity improves performance through
changes in the nervous system: power and speed and adaptations of both
training and practice
◉ Define accuracy. Answer: the ability to control movement in a given
direction or at a given intensity
◉ Define balance. Answer: the ability to control placement of the bodys
center of gravity in relation to its support base
◉ Define agility. Answer: the ability to minimize transition time from
one movement pattern to another
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE SOLVED
QUESTION SET
◉ What is functional movement. Answer: load, distance, and speed for
production of high power
◉ Define intensity. Answer: power
(intensity is the independent variable)
◉ Crossfit methodology:. Answer: safety, efficacy, and efficiency
(the 3 most important and interdependent facets to evaluate any fitness
program, can be supported only by measurable, observable, repeatable
data)
◉ 10 fitness domains of Crossfit:. Answer: cardiovascular/respiratory
endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination,
agility, balance, and accuracy
◉ Define athlete. Answer: a person who is trained or skilled in
exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or
stamina
,◉ Define Crossfit athlete. Answer: a person who is skilled or trained in
strength, power, balance, and agility, flexibility, and endurance
◉ How is energy derived?. Answer: aerobically when O2 is utilized to
metabolize substrates derived from food and liberates energy
◉ Aerobic activity:. Answer: are usually greater than 90 seconds in
duration and involve low to moderate power output or intensity
Ex: running on treadmill for 20 min, swimming a mile, watching TV
◉ Anaerobic activity:. Answer: energy is liberated from substances in
the absence of O2; these activities are of less than 2 min in duration and
involve moderate to high power output intensity
Ex: 100 m sprint, squatting, pull ups
◉ Anaerobic systems:. Answer: phosphagen and glycolytic (lactic acid)
◉ 2 Olympic lifts:. Answer: clean and jerk and snatch
(they train athletes to activate more muscle fibers more rapidly more
than through any other modality of training; develop an athletes
explosive power, control of external objects, and mastery of critical
motor recruitment patterns)
,◉ Hormonal responses vital to athletic development:. Answer: increased
in testosterone, insulin-like growth factor, and human growth hormone
◉ Adaptive responses to exercises capable of producing a significant
neuroendocrine response:. Answer: mass and bone density
◉ Power. Answer: time rate of doing work; also the definition of
intensity
◉ What is associated with high neuroendocrine response?. Answer:
heavy load weight lifting, short rest between sets, high heart rates, high
intensity training, short rest intervals
◉ Cross training vs Crossfit. Answer: cross training is participating in
several sports and Crossfit views cross training as exceeding the normal
parameters of the regular demands of your sport training
◉ Functional movement:. Answer: are mechanically sound and therefor
safe, and secondly they are the movements that elicit a high
neuroendocrine response
◉ Crossfit diet:. Answer: protein 30%; carbohydrates 40%; fat 30%
◉ Protein:. Answer: total calories based on protein needs which should
be between 0.7 and 1.0 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass
, ◉ High glycemic carbohydrates:. Answer: raise blood sugar too rapidly
Ex: rice, bread, candy, potato, sweets, sodas
◉ Crossfits 10 general physical skills:. Answer:
cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility,
power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy
◉ Training refers to:. Answer: activity that improves performance
through a measurable organic change in the body
◉ Practice refers to:. Answer: activity improves performance through
changes in the nervous system: power and speed and adaptations of both
training and practice
◉ Define accuracy. Answer: the ability to control movement in a given
direction or at a given intensity
◉ Define balance. Answer: the ability to control placement of the bodys
center of gravity in relation to its support base
◉ Define agility. Answer: the ability to minimize transition time from
one movement pattern to another
