Personal Fitness Trainer – AAAI/ISMA Exam Glossary with Verified Answers – Full Coverage of Training, Physiology, and Program Design

Personal Fitness Trainer: AAAI ISMA questions
with verified answers
6 components of fitness that can be evaluated Ans✓✓✓ - postural
analysis
- cardiovascular endurance
- muscular strength
- flexibility
- balance, coordination, agility
- body composition


Aerobic System Ans✓✓✓ - unlimited energy source
- Utilizes carbs, fats and proteins as fuel to produce ATP


Agonist Ans✓✓✓ the main muscle conducting the movement


Anaerobic or Lactic Acid System Ans✓✓✓ - 3 minutes of sustained
activity
- Glycolysis is used to replenish ATP
- breaks down glucose and converts it to energy
- 1 glucose= 2 ATP
- byproduct= pyruvic acid, combines with H to become lactic acid
- Lactic acid inhibits muscle function

, Anatomy of a Workout Ans✓✓✓ 1. Mental preparation
2. Warm up
3. Skill
4. Strength
5. Endurance
6. Cool- down


ATP- CP System Ans✓✓✓ - fight or flight response
- CP stored in muscles for converting ADP to ATP, approximately 30
seconds of explosive energy


Atrophy Ans✓✓✓ - Degradation of muscle fibers
- Can be due to synergistic compensation, synergistic muscle overrides
primary muscle


Balance/coordination/agility Ans✓✓✓ - One leg stand


- Transfer one leg to another: looking for body shift, time to gain
balance, time to lose balance


- Performance evaluated transfer of motion: evaluate how well client
jumps, steps, slides to specific spot