CROSSFIT L1 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● CrossFit (definition)
Answer: constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement
●● What are functional movements?
Answer: 1. universal motor recruitment patterns
2. performed from core to extremity
3. compound movements
●● What are the three attributes of functional movement?
Answer: load, distance, and speed
●● What are the three most important and interdependent facets by
which to evaluate any fitness program?
Answer: safety, efficacy, and efficiency
●● What are the ten fitness domains?
Answer: 1. cardiovascular/respiratory endurance
2. stamina
,3. strength
4. flexibility
5. power
6. speed
7. coordination
8. agility
9. balance
10. accuracy
●● Why was CrossFit developed?
Answer: to enhance an individual's competency at all physical tasks
●● What is the CrossFit definition of an athlete?
Answer: a person who is trained or skilled in strength, power, balance
and agility, flexibility, and
endurance
●● aerobic activity (definition)
Answer: majority of energy is derived with oxygen
●● anaerobic activity (definition)
Answer: majority of energy is derived without oxygen
, ●● Olympic Lifts (definition)
Answer: clean and jerk and snatch
●● Reasoning for training the olympic lifts
Answer: to teach athletes to apply force from core to extremities
●● Neuroendocrine adaptation (definition)
Answer: a change in the body
that affects you either neurologically or hormonally
●● Gymnastics (definition)
Answer: rely on body weight as the sole source of resistance
●● Cross training (definition)
Answer: exceeding the normal parameters of
the regular demands of your sport or training
●● Why are functional movements important?
Answer: functional movements are mechanically sound and therefore
safe, and secondly they are the movements
that elicit a high neuroendocrine response
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● CrossFit (definition)
Answer: constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement
●● What are functional movements?
Answer: 1. universal motor recruitment patterns
2. performed from core to extremity
3. compound movements
●● What are the three attributes of functional movement?
Answer: load, distance, and speed
●● What are the three most important and interdependent facets by
which to evaluate any fitness program?
Answer: safety, efficacy, and efficiency
●● What are the ten fitness domains?
Answer: 1. cardiovascular/respiratory endurance
2. stamina
,3. strength
4. flexibility
5. power
6. speed
7. coordination
8. agility
9. balance
10. accuracy
●● Why was CrossFit developed?
Answer: to enhance an individual's competency at all physical tasks
●● What is the CrossFit definition of an athlete?
Answer: a person who is trained or skilled in strength, power, balance
and agility, flexibility, and
endurance
●● aerobic activity (definition)
Answer: majority of energy is derived with oxygen
●● anaerobic activity (definition)
Answer: majority of energy is derived without oxygen
, ●● Olympic Lifts (definition)
Answer: clean and jerk and snatch
●● Reasoning for training the olympic lifts
Answer: to teach athletes to apply force from core to extremities
●● Neuroendocrine adaptation (definition)
Answer: a change in the body
that affects you either neurologically or hormonally
●● Gymnastics (definition)
Answer: rely on body weight as the sole source of resistance
●● Cross training (definition)
Answer: exceeding the normal parameters of
the regular demands of your sport or training
●● Why are functional movements important?
Answer: functional movements are mechanically sound and therefore
safe, and secondly they are the movements
that elicit a high neuroendocrine response
