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FITOUR Certification Exam Prep | Fitness Instructor Study Guide & Practice Questions with Answers

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Comprehensive FITOUR certification exam preparation guide designed to support fitness professionals and students preparing for instructor certification and personal training assessments. This resource includes exam-style questions with answers, focusing on foundational fitness science, exercise programming, and professional training standards.

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FITOUR GROUP EXERCISE
CERTIFICATION

______________ is the ability of a muscle to perform repetitive contractions over
a period of time or the ability to sustain an amount of weight over a period of
time. - ANSWER ✔ muscular endurance


__________________ is the ability of a muscle to generate the maximum amount
of force in a single effort. - ANSWER ✔ muscular strength


according to ACOG (American congress of obstetrics and gynecologists) guidelines
pregnant women should participate in at least 30 minutes of physical activity 5-7
days per week. from the following list which is an activity that may need to be
avoided by a pregnant exerciser? - ANSWER ✔ dance aerobics


an individual who accumulates 30 minutes of daily physical activity is a
___________ individual - ANSWER ✔ healthy


as it relates to aqua fitness exercise what type of body action is being described:
"moving from one foot to another while performing activities such as running,
skipping, and cross country skiing?" - ANSWER ✔ bounding


as it relates to aqua fitness exercise what type of body actions is being described:
performing activities such as jumping jacks and cross country skiing with both feet
off the bottom of the pool? - ANSWER ✔ bounding

,as music relates to indoor cycling when selecting music for an indoor cycling class
one needs to keep in mind that RPM's will be one to every _______________
beats of music - ANSWER ✔ 2


choose the term that BEST matches the following phrase: physiological related
physical fitness which is relative to body composition factors such as body
circumferences body fat content and regional body fat distribution. - ANSWER ✔
morphological fitness


during the early days of group exercise what type of dance exercise class was
developed which offered low impact movements with a high intensity workout
and was a class in which individuals were able to adjust the height of the
equipment to control the intensity level of the class workout? - ANSWER ✔ step
aerobics


fill in the blank: ______________ are based on military training techniques and
implement body weight exercises, calisthenics, agility, drills, obstacle courses and
running. - ANSWER ✔ fitness bootcamp classes


fill in the blank: In an indoor cycling class cycling at half speed to the music is
known as _________ time - ANSWER ✔ one to two


fill in the blank: research shows that deep water exercises are _______________
percent more challenging than shallow water exercises because the hydrostatic
produced is greater as water depth increases. - ANSWER ✔ 10 to 20


fill in the blank: the ACOG guidelines suggest that pregnant women should
participate in a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate physical activity
___________ to _____________ days per week - ANSWER ✔ 5 to 7

,fill in the blank: the dynamics of suspension or body weight training class require
the body to work as an _____________ system rather than an _______________
system - ANSWER ✔ integrated; isolated


fill in the blank: when teaching a barre class it important that caution should be
taken not to perform extreme dance moves which could result in _____________
of the knee or ______________ of the neck and/or back. - ANSWER ✔ over
flexion, hyperextension


fill in the blank: when the _____________ is fixed the Iliacus acts on the pelvis
and when the femur is fixed the ____________ acts on the lumbar spine -
ANSWER ✔ pelvis; iliacus


fill in the blank: when working with seniors it is important to know that the baby
boomer generation which is the cornerstone of the "fitness revolution" that
started in the 1970s is made up of individuals who were born between the years
of __________ - ANSWER ✔ 1946-1964


fill in the blank. choose the word or phrase which best completes the following
sentence. when designing a muscle conditioning class or class segment the use of
_______________________ for some exercises will provide participants with a
sense of accomplishment because they are working their "problem" areas. -
ANSWER ✔ muscle isolation


for what joint action is the hamstring group the prime mover? - ANSWER ✔ hip
extension

, for what joint actions if the Traperzius I the prime mover? - ANSWER ✔ elevation


for what joint actions is a hip flexor the prime mover? - ANSWER ✔ hip flexion


for what joint actions is the anterior deltoid (front shoulder) the prime mover? -
ANSWER ✔ horizontal abduction and extension


from the list below what is the posture type that has a strong anterior type tilt to
the pelvis and a shortening of the lumbar musculature? - ANSWER ✔ sway back


from the list below which is NOT a component that an individual can adjust to
change the intensity of an indoor cycling class? - ANSWER ✔ cadence


from the list below which is the group of muscles that run parallel to each other
on either side of the vertebral column in three pairs? - ANSWER ✔ quadratus
lumborum


from the list of exercises below which exercise is NOT an exercise to strengthen
the latissimus dorsi? - ANSWER ✔ reverse fly


from the list of exercises below which exercise is NOT an exercise to strengthen
the pectoralis major? - ANSWER ✔ single arm french press


from the list provided below which is NOT an acceptable class scenario for an
instructor to allow a pregnant student to participate? - ANSWER ✔ allowing a
pregnant exerciser to perform exercises such as burpees and box jumps in a boot
camp class.

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