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Personal Training Final Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
What is resistance training? - Answer✔Resistance training challenges a client's ability to
stabilize the body under load, to exert a force over time (endurance), to exert high levels of
force (strength), or to exert high levels of force quickly (power),
What is a single-set system? - Answer✔Allows for the proper adaptation of the connective
tissue and muscular system before moving on to more rigorous training (best for beginners)
What is the 80% rule? - Answer✔Enjoy about 80% of the strength gains when performing a 1
set workout twice a week. (8-12 reps to fatigue)
-turns on all 3 fiber types
True or false: The single-set program is just as effective as tht multiple-set program for
advanced clients - Answer✔False. More work is needed to get that extra 15-20% of
improvement
What is the pyramid system? - Answer✔Increasing or decreasing the weight with each set
What is the superset system? - Answer✔Performing two exercises in rapid succession with
minimal rest
-strength and then stabilization (leg press then single-leg squat)
-strength and then plyometric (power) exercise
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-strength and then corrective exercise (front squat followed by 1/2 kneeling quad/hip flexor
stretch)
What is post-activation potentiation? - Answer✔Phenomenon by which muscular performance
is enhanced as a result of previous contractions
-i.e. doing 5RM back squat and then you being able to jump higher right after
Should we train to fatigue? - Answer✔No, this promotes perfect form and optimal
neuromuscular training and it allows one to train at a higher intensity (power training)
What is a drop-set system? - Answer✔Performing a set to failure, then removing a small
percentage of the load and immediately continuing the set... over and over until burn out (also
called continuous set or burn-out or strip set)
What is the circuit training system? - Answer✔performing a series of exercises, one after the
other, with minimal rest (usually involves 1-3 sets of 8-12 reps with 15-60 seconds between
exercises)
Peripheral heart action system - Answer✔A variation of circuit training that uses different
exercises (upper and lower body) for each set throughout the circuit
Split-body Routine System - Answer✔A routine that trains different body parts on separate
days (more for body builders)
Vertical loading vs. horizontal loading - Answer✔Vertical loading- perform a different exercise
one after the other (saves time because you don't need to rest between)
Horizontal loading- perform the same exercise until all sets are completed (can promote more
focus)
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Personal Training Final Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
What is resistance training? - Answer✔Resistance training challenges a client's ability to
stabilize the body under load, to exert a force over time (endurance), to exert high levels of
force (strength), or to exert high levels of force quickly (power),
What is a single-set system? - Answer✔Allows for the proper adaptation of the connective
tissue and muscular system before moving on to more rigorous training (best for beginners)
What is the 80% rule? - Answer✔Enjoy about 80% of the strength gains when performing a 1
set workout twice a week. (8-12 reps to fatigue)
-turns on all 3 fiber types
True or false: The single-set program is just as effective as tht multiple-set program for
advanced clients - Answer✔False. More work is needed to get that extra 15-20% of
improvement
What is the pyramid system? - Answer✔Increasing or decreasing the weight with each set
What is the superset system? - Answer✔Performing two exercises in rapid succession with
minimal rest
-strength and then stabilization (leg press then single-leg squat)
-strength and then plyometric (power) exercise
1
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-strength and then corrective exercise (front squat followed by 1/2 kneeling quad/hip flexor
stretch)
What is post-activation potentiation? - Answer✔Phenomenon by which muscular performance
is enhanced as a result of previous contractions
-i.e. doing 5RM back squat and then you being able to jump higher right after
Should we train to fatigue? - Answer✔No, this promotes perfect form and optimal
neuromuscular training and it allows one to train at a higher intensity (power training)
What is a drop-set system? - Answer✔Performing a set to failure, then removing a small
percentage of the load and immediately continuing the set... over and over until burn out (also
called continuous set or burn-out or strip set)
What is the circuit training system? - Answer✔performing a series of exercises, one after the
other, with minimal rest (usually involves 1-3 sets of 8-12 reps with 15-60 seconds between
exercises)
Peripheral heart action system - Answer✔A variation of circuit training that uses different
exercises (upper and lower body) for each set throughout the circuit
Split-body Routine System - Answer✔A routine that trains different body parts on separate
days (more for body builders)
Vertical loading vs. horizontal loading - Answer✔Vertical loading- perform a different exercise
one after the other (saves time because you don't need to rest between)
Horizontal loading- perform the same exercise until all sets are completed (can promote more
focus)
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