NSCA CPSS EXAM 2025 REAL EXAM 280
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Understand the relevant theory and principles that underpin
training.
Training Load model, Periodization, Parallel training model,
Sequential Training Model,
Periodization vs Programming
Periodization is a a macro-management strategy that serves as a
training blueprint, from which periods of time are assigned that
target specific skills, fitness, or performance related factors.
Volume and intensity are inversely related. 1-3
peaks/macrocycles per year
Programming is an operation of strategic thinking which is best
accomplished when ongoing monitoring is integrated into the
periodization process.
How is biological adaptation achieved?
,by disturbing the current capacity of the system
What is supercompensation?
Supercompensation is the effect whereby performance is
enhanced if the body is able/allowed to adapt.
What syndrome is supercompensation related to?
General adaptation syndrome
What is general adaptation syndrome?
The framework of interaction between the imposed training
stress, acute fatigue response, adaptation, and a new level of
homeostasis/performance.
How does overtraining syndrome develop?
After continued high volume, high intensity training or both
when an athlete is over-reached.
Which training model is when performance of a positive fitness
effect and a negative fatigue effect decay exponentially over
time but at different rates?
Fitness-fatigue model
What is the dose-response relationship?
,relationship between the size of an administered dose and the
intensity of the response produced
What qualifies as external load?
Amount of weight lifted, distance/speed of running, its what an
athlete has done.
What is it called when an athlete has responded to an external
load?
Internal load
How is external load measured?
camera systems, global positioning systems, local positioning
systems, often in conjunction with other sensors such as
accelerometers and power meters.
What is the principle that the energy cost of acceleration is
equivalent to running at a constant speed up an "equivalent
slope"?
Metabolic Power
What is the most appropriate equation for quantifying resistance
training load?
, Number of sets x number of repetitions x percent repetition max
What is performance?
A function of the difference between fitness and fatigue
Which central and peripheral sites contribute to fatigue?
Activation of the motor command (brain)
Propagation of the action potential through the descending
motor pathway
Myofilament excitation-contraction coupling
Status of the intracellular milieu
What is Psychobiological model of fatigue?
Modification of intensity whereby fatigue occurs when the effort
required exceeds maximal effort the athlete is willing to exert or
when the athlete believes the effort has been maximal and it
feels impossible to continue.
What is the Integrative governor theory?
Suggests both psychological and physiological factors limit
performance with a particular focus on subconscious avoidance
of catastrophic failure due to severe disruptions in homeostasis.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)| ALREADY
GRADED A+
Understand the relevant theory and principles that underpin
training.
Training Load model, Periodization, Parallel training model,
Sequential Training Model,
Periodization vs Programming
Periodization is a a macro-management strategy that serves as a
training blueprint, from which periods of time are assigned that
target specific skills, fitness, or performance related factors.
Volume and intensity are inversely related. 1-3
peaks/macrocycles per year
Programming is an operation of strategic thinking which is best
accomplished when ongoing monitoring is integrated into the
periodization process.
How is biological adaptation achieved?
,by disturbing the current capacity of the system
What is supercompensation?
Supercompensation is the effect whereby performance is
enhanced if the body is able/allowed to adapt.
What syndrome is supercompensation related to?
General adaptation syndrome
What is general adaptation syndrome?
The framework of interaction between the imposed training
stress, acute fatigue response, adaptation, and a new level of
homeostasis/performance.
How does overtraining syndrome develop?
After continued high volume, high intensity training or both
when an athlete is over-reached.
Which training model is when performance of a positive fitness
effect and a negative fatigue effect decay exponentially over
time but at different rates?
Fitness-fatigue model
What is the dose-response relationship?
,relationship between the size of an administered dose and the
intensity of the response produced
What qualifies as external load?
Amount of weight lifted, distance/speed of running, its what an
athlete has done.
What is it called when an athlete has responded to an external
load?
Internal load
How is external load measured?
camera systems, global positioning systems, local positioning
systems, often in conjunction with other sensors such as
accelerometers and power meters.
What is the principle that the energy cost of acceleration is
equivalent to running at a constant speed up an "equivalent
slope"?
Metabolic Power
What is the most appropriate equation for quantifying resistance
training load?
, Number of sets x number of repetitions x percent repetition max
What is performance?
A function of the difference between fitness and fatigue
Which central and peripheral sites contribute to fatigue?
Activation of the motor command (brain)
Propagation of the action potential through the descending
motor pathway
Myofilament excitation-contraction coupling
Status of the intracellular milieu
What is Psychobiological model of fatigue?
Modification of intensity whereby fatigue occurs when the effort
required exceeds maximal effort the athlete is willing to exert or
when the athlete believes the effort has been maximal and it
feels impossible to continue.
What is the Integrative governor theory?
Suggests both psychological and physiological factors limit
performance with a particular focus on subconscious avoidance
of catastrophic failure due to severe disruptions in homeostasis.
