NASM Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions

Subjective Information Correct 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 Correct Answer-A purposeful system or plan put together to help an individual achieve a specific goal. Biomechanics Correct Answer-A study that uses principals of physics to quantitatively study how forces interact within a living body. Dietary Supplement Correct Answer-A substance that completes or makes an addition to daily dietary intake. Proprioceptively enriched environment Correct Answer-An unstable (but controlled) environment where exercises are performed that causes the body to use its internal balance and stabilization mechanisms Reactive Training Correct Answer-Exercises that use quick, powerful movements involving an eccentric contraction immediately followed by an explosive concentric contraction. Obesity Correct Answer-Fastest growing health problem in the US The Nervous System Correct 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 Correct Answer-kinetic chain Heart Correct Answer-Muscular pump that rhythmically contracts to push blood throughout the body Dynamic Joint Stabilization Correct Answer-The ability of the kinetic chain to stabilize a joint during movement. Speed Correct Answer-The ability to move the body in one intended direction as fast as possible. The Core Correct Answer-The lumbo-pelvic -hip complex and the thoracic and cervical spine, where the body's center of gravity is located Flexibility Correct Answer-The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow the full range of motion of a joint. Nutrition Correct Answer-The sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and uses food substances. Blood Correct Answer-Acts as a medium to deliver and collect essential products to and from the tissues of the body. Protein Correct Answer-Amino acids linked by peptide bonds.