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CROSSFIT LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Explain the push press sequence? - ANSWER-1- set up:
- hip-with stance
- elbows slightly in front of bar
- hands just outside of shoulders
- full grip on the bar
- bar rests on torso
2- execution:
- torso dips straight down
- hips an legs extend then press
- heels down until hips and legs extend
- bar moves over middle of foot
3- finish:
- complete at full hip, knee and arm extension
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Push press fault:
Forward inclination of the chest - ANSWER-Corrections:
- have the athlete hold in the dip position and then manually
adjust them to an upright torso.
- cue a shallower dip
- cue knees forward
- stand in front of the athlete to prevent the chest from coming
forward.
Dip therapy- stand with the back against a target (plastic pole)
with hips and shoulder blades touching the target, (heels slightly
away) then dip and drive, keeping hips and shoulders in contact
with the target.
Push press fault:
- muted hips - ANSWER-Corrections:
- use a tactile cue to help the athlete create flexion of the hip in
the dip.
- cue "push the hips back slightly".
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Push press fault:
- pressing early: press begins before the hip extends. - ANSWER-
Corrections:
- take the athlete back in the 'teaching progression' performing
two dip-drives before adding the press.
Use a tactile cue instructing the athlete to hit the hand before
pressing.
Explain the 4 step push press 'teaching progression' - ANSWER-
1- set up: dip and hold.
2- dip-drive, slow.
3- dip-drive, fast.
4- full push press
Explain the push jerk sequence? - ANSWER-1- set up:
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- hip width stance
- elbows slightly forward
- Hands outside the shoulders
- full grip on the bar
2- execution:
- torso dips
- heels stay down until hips and legs extend.
- hips and legs extend rapidly then press under
- receive the bar in a partial overhead squat
- bar moves over middle of the foot
3- finish:
- complete at full hip, knee and arm extension
Push jerk fault:
- lack of full hip extension - ANSWER-- cue jump higher
CROSSFIT LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Explain the push press sequence? - ANSWER-1- set up:
- hip-with stance
- elbows slightly in front of bar
- hands just outside of shoulders
- full grip on the bar
- bar rests on torso
2- execution:
- torso dips straight down
- hips an legs extend then press
- heels down until hips and legs extend
- bar moves over middle of foot
3- finish:
- complete at full hip, knee and arm extension
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Push press fault:
Forward inclination of the chest - ANSWER-Corrections:
- have the athlete hold in the dip position and then manually
adjust them to an upright torso.
- cue a shallower dip
- cue knees forward
- stand in front of the athlete to prevent the chest from coming
forward.
Dip therapy- stand with the back against a target (plastic pole)
with hips and shoulder blades touching the target, (heels slightly
away) then dip and drive, keeping hips and shoulders in contact
with the target.
Push press fault:
- muted hips - ANSWER-Corrections:
- use a tactile cue to help the athlete create flexion of the hip in
the dip.
- cue "push the hips back slightly".
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Push press fault:
- pressing early: press begins before the hip extends. - ANSWER-
Corrections:
- take the athlete back in the 'teaching progression' performing
two dip-drives before adding the press.
Use a tactile cue instructing the athlete to hit the hand before
pressing.
Explain the 4 step push press 'teaching progression' - ANSWER-
1- set up: dip and hold.
2- dip-drive, slow.
3- dip-drive, fast.
4- full push press
Explain the push jerk sequence? - ANSWER-1- set up:
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- hip width stance
- elbows slightly forward
- Hands outside the shoulders
- full grip on the bar
2- execution:
- torso dips
- heels stay down until hips and legs extend.
- hips and legs extend rapidly then press under
- receive the bar in a partial overhead squat
- bar moves over middle of the foot
3- finish:
- complete at full hip, knee and arm extension
Push jerk fault:
- lack of full hip extension - ANSWER-- cue jump higher
