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The most at-risk demographic for osteoporosis is - correct answer✔✔Older women of
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One of the top reasons for stopping an exercise program is lack of time. Which of the
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following is an important strategy for understanding and overcoming this excuse? - correct ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
answer✔✔Self-monitoring
Which training system has the client performing a series of different exercises with little
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rest between each exercise performed? - correct answer✔✔circuit training
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Which term refers to when less energy is consumed than expended? - correct
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answer✔✔negative calorie balance ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Which of the following is a syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle degeneration and
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muscle enzyme leakage? - correct answer✔✔external rhabdomyolysis. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
While there are many benefits of physical activity there is also a potential for adverse
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outcomes as well. Your client participates in a contact sport. This falls into which category ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
of risk? - correct answer✔✔type of activity
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Your client is an endurance athlete; how much protein intake should you suggest? - correct
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answer✔✔1.2-1.4 per kg of body weight.
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Which mineral if under-consumed can lead to anemia? - correct answer✔✔Iron
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, Your client is a 46-year-old typical healthy male. What is the optimal intensity threshold? -
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correct answer✔✔75-90% of HR Max ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Your client has diabetes and you are aware that exercise has the potential to lower blood
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glucose levels. In order to counterbalance this you suggest to your client which of the
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following? - correct answer✔✔increase in food intake or a decrease in insulin dosage ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Your client is performing a standing hamstring curl. Which muscle or muscle group is the
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antagonist? - correct answer✔✔quadriceps ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Which term refers to how much of an effect results from a change in dose? - correct
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answer✔✔slope
The anaerobic energy system ______. - correct answer✔✔is used to produce energy for
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short-term and high intensity activities and requires no oxygen ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Which mode of resistance training provides more options for training through multiple
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planes of motion? - correct answer✔✔free weights
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Your client is a high school athlete on the basketball team. You decide to take him through
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a plyometric workout. What would this entail? - correct answer✔✔quick powerful
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movements that involve rapid stretching of a muscle followed by rapid shortening ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
ACSM recommends which of the following as an approach to exercise for weight loss? -
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correct answer✔✔duration: 30-60 min/day ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Your client notices that after working out with you their gains are made continuously over
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time. This is known as a/an ____. - correct answer✔✔Linear response
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answers
The most at-risk demographic for osteoporosis is - correct answer✔✔Older women of
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Caucasian and Asian descent ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
One of the top reasons for stopping an exercise program is lack of time. Which of the
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following is an important strategy for understanding and overcoming this excuse? - correct ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
answer✔✔Self-monitoring
Which training system has the client performing a series of different exercises with little
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rest between each exercise performed? - correct answer✔✔circuit training
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Which term refers to when less energy is consumed than expended? - correct
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answer✔✔negative calorie balance ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Which of the following is a syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle degeneration and
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muscle enzyme leakage? - correct answer✔✔external rhabdomyolysis. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
While there are many benefits of physical activity there is also a potential for adverse
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outcomes as well. Your client participates in a contact sport. This falls into which category ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
of risk? - correct answer✔✔type of activity
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Your client is an endurance athlete; how much protein intake should you suggest? - correct
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answer✔✔1.2-1.4 per kg of body weight.
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Which mineral if under-consumed can lead to anemia? - correct answer✔✔Iron
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, Your client is a 46-year-old typical healthy male. What is the optimal intensity threshold? -
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correct answer✔✔75-90% of HR Max ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Your client has diabetes and you are aware that exercise has the potential to lower blood
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glucose levels. In order to counterbalance this you suggest to your client which of the
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following? - correct answer✔✔increase in food intake or a decrease in insulin dosage ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Your client is performing a standing hamstring curl. Which muscle or muscle group is the
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antagonist? - correct answer✔✔quadriceps ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Which term refers to how much of an effect results from a change in dose? - correct
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answer✔✔slope
The anaerobic energy system ______. - correct answer✔✔is used to produce energy for
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short-term and high intensity activities and requires no oxygen ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Which mode of resistance training provides more options for training through multiple
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planes of motion? - correct answer✔✔free weights
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Your client is a high school athlete on the basketball team. You decide to take him through
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a plyometric workout. What would this entail? - correct answer✔✔quick powerful
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movements that involve rapid stretching of a muscle followed by rapid shortening ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
ACSM recommends which of the following as an approach to exercise for weight loss? -
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correct answer✔✔duration: 30-60 min/day ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Your client notices that after working out with you their gains are made continuously over
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time. This is known as a/an ____. - correct answer✔✔Linear response
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