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NASM BODYBUILDING EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |GRADED A+
What are the three mechanisms involved in exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy?
Select one: - ANSWER: a. Mechanical tension, muscle damage and metabolic
stress
Bodybuilders tend to demonstrate weakness of which muscle group?
Select one: - ANSWER: c. Rotator cuff
A bodybuilder has tight (overactive) chest, hip flexors and calves and weak
(underactive) rotator cuff, rhomboids and gluteals. Which statement is correct?
Select one: - ANSWER: b. The bodybuilder should stretch his chest, hip flexors
and calves
Which of the following training systems involves the completion of a number of
carefully-selected resistance exercises arranged sequentially, with a short recovery
between the exercises (stations)?
Select one: - ANSWER: b. Circuit training
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the implementation of core
training into a hypertrophy training program?
Select one: - ANSWER: b. Perform a low-volume of core exercises prior to
resistance training
What muscles are intimately involved in the arm-curl exercise besides the biceps
brachii to carry out the movement?
Select one: - ANSWER: a. Brachialis and brachioradialis
NASM BODYBUILDING EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |GRADED A+
What are the three mechanisms involved in exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy?
Select one: - ANSWER: a. Mechanical tension, muscle damage and metabolic
stress
Bodybuilders tend to demonstrate weakness of which muscle group?
Select one: - ANSWER: c. Rotator cuff
A bodybuilder has tight (overactive) chest, hip flexors and calves and weak
(underactive) rotator cuff, rhomboids and gluteals. Which statement is correct?
Select one: - ANSWER: b. The bodybuilder should stretch his chest, hip flexors
and calves
Which of the following training systems involves the completion of a number of
carefully-selected resistance exercises arranged sequentially, with a short recovery
between the exercises (stations)?
Select one: - ANSWER: b. Circuit training
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the implementation of core
training into a hypertrophy training program?
Select one: - ANSWER: b. Perform a low-volume of core exercises prior to
resistance training
What muscles are intimately involved in the arm-curl exercise besides the biceps
brachii to carry out the movement?
Select one: - ANSWER: a. Brachialis and brachioradialis
