FITOUR PRIMARY PERSONAL TRAINING
CERTIFICATION EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
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1. Definition of Personal Training - ANSWER ✔ A fitness training program
that joins a personal trainer with a client to establish a mutual, respectful,
and beneficial partnership in order to reach a particular fitness/health goal.
2. Definition of Personal Trainer - ANSWER ✔ A qualified fitness
professional who is hired by a client to assist the client in reaching a
particular fitness/health goal.
3. Purpose of Personal Training - ANSWER ✔ x Assess client's current level
of fitness and assist in setting fitness goals based on assessment.
x Design and implement an individualized program for a client.
x Counsel client on healthy living through nutrition and fitness activities.
x Motivate client to live a healthy lifestyle and to reach fitness goals.
4. Benefits of Personal Training - ANSWER ✔ x Receive baseline information
through fitness assessments.
x Individualized fitness program and attention.
, x Tracking method of progress.
x Motivation.
x Efficient workout sessions.
x Directs beginners down the correct path from the very beginning to avoid
developing bad habits.
x Accountability for the client.
x Improve technical skills.
x Overcome plateaus.
x Better assurance of a safe workout.
x Better assurance of reaching fitness goals with more guidance.
x Special attention can be directed towards specialized conditions such as
arthritis,
osteoporosis, injury, etc.
5. Benefits of Personal Training (what will a good PT do ?) - ANSWER ✔ x
Some personal trainers will do house-calls....working out at home.
x A good personal trainer will empower a client to be able to workout on
his/her own.
6. Qualifications of a Personal Trainer (education) - ANSWER ✔ x Current
nationally recognized personal trainer certification.
x Some formal education in physiology, kinesiology/biomechanics,
anatomy,
and health promotion.
x CPR/First Aid.
x A personal trainer should continue his/her education through workshops,
, reading, and networking.
7. Qualifications of a Personal Trainer (liability insurance) - ANSWER ✔ All
personal trainers should carry liability insurance.
8. Qualifications of a Personal Trainer (Business License) - ANSWER ✔
Check with your city or town to determine if a business license is required to
do business as a personal trainer.
9. What a personal trainer IS and DOES: (16) - ANSWER ✔ x An efficient
communicator.
x An active listener.
x A motivator.
x Knowledgeable in the areas of the components of fitness.
x Well-groomed.
x A role model.
x Positive.
x Follows industry guidelines.
x Provides documented policies that describe services, prices, cancellation,
contract length, etc.
x Assesses the client.
x Prescribes a safe and specific fitness program especially designed for each
client.
10.Medial - ANSWER ✔ Relating to the middle or center, nearer to the medial
or midsagittal plane
, 11.Resting Heart Rate
Pulse Palpation Sites: - ANSWER ✔ Carotid artery (neck) or radial (wrist)
12.Resting Blood Pressure
Monitoring: - ANSWER ✔ Use either a manual blood pressure cuff with
stethoscope or blood pressure machine.
13.Systolic Pressure: - ANSWER ✔ The blood pressure when the heart is
contracting.
14.Diastolic Pressure - ANSWER ✔ The blood pressure when the heart is in a
period of relaxation and dilatation (expansion).
15.Body Composition - ANSWER ✔ is based on relative percentages of
various components of the body, usually divided into fat mass (% body fat)
and fat free mass (% fat free mass). The Body Fat Percentage Chart provides
information to assist in helping a client to determine a healthy body fat.
16.Methods of Body Composition Measurement - ANSWER ✔ Hydrostatic
Underwater Weighing (Gold Standard)
Infrared
Bioelectrical Impedance
Body Girth
Waist to Hip Ratio (See Appendix B)
BMI (See Appendix B)
Skinfold Caliper: Procedures and Tools
CERTIFICATION EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED
PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. Definition of Personal Training - ANSWER ✔ A fitness training program
that joins a personal trainer with a client to establish a mutual, respectful,
and beneficial partnership in order to reach a particular fitness/health goal.
2. Definition of Personal Trainer - ANSWER ✔ A qualified fitness
professional who is hired by a client to assist the client in reaching a
particular fitness/health goal.
3. Purpose of Personal Training - ANSWER ✔ x Assess client's current level
of fitness and assist in setting fitness goals based on assessment.
x Design and implement an individualized program for a client.
x Counsel client on healthy living through nutrition and fitness activities.
x Motivate client to live a healthy lifestyle and to reach fitness goals.
4. Benefits of Personal Training - ANSWER ✔ x Receive baseline information
through fitness assessments.
x Individualized fitness program and attention.
, x Tracking method of progress.
x Motivation.
x Efficient workout sessions.
x Directs beginners down the correct path from the very beginning to avoid
developing bad habits.
x Accountability for the client.
x Improve technical skills.
x Overcome plateaus.
x Better assurance of a safe workout.
x Better assurance of reaching fitness goals with more guidance.
x Special attention can be directed towards specialized conditions such as
arthritis,
osteoporosis, injury, etc.
5. Benefits of Personal Training (what will a good PT do ?) - ANSWER ✔ x
Some personal trainers will do house-calls....working out at home.
x A good personal trainer will empower a client to be able to workout on
his/her own.
6. Qualifications of a Personal Trainer (education) - ANSWER ✔ x Current
nationally recognized personal trainer certification.
x Some formal education in physiology, kinesiology/biomechanics,
anatomy,
and health promotion.
x CPR/First Aid.
x A personal trainer should continue his/her education through workshops,
, reading, and networking.
7. Qualifications of a Personal Trainer (liability insurance) - ANSWER ✔ All
personal trainers should carry liability insurance.
8. Qualifications of a Personal Trainer (Business License) - ANSWER ✔
Check with your city or town to determine if a business license is required to
do business as a personal trainer.
9. What a personal trainer IS and DOES: (16) - ANSWER ✔ x An efficient
communicator.
x An active listener.
x A motivator.
x Knowledgeable in the areas of the components of fitness.
x Well-groomed.
x A role model.
x Positive.
x Follows industry guidelines.
x Provides documented policies that describe services, prices, cancellation,
contract length, etc.
x Assesses the client.
x Prescribes a safe and specific fitness program especially designed for each
client.
10.Medial - ANSWER ✔ Relating to the middle or center, nearer to the medial
or midsagittal plane
, 11.Resting Heart Rate
Pulse Palpation Sites: - ANSWER ✔ Carotid artery (neck) or radial (wrist)
12.Resting Blood Pressure
Monitoring: - ANSWER ✔ Use either a manual blood pressure cuff with
stethoscope or blood pressure machine.
13.Systolic Pressure: - ANSWER ✔ The blood pressure when the heart is
contracting.
14.Diastolic Pressure - ANSWER ✔ The blood pressure when the heart is in a
period of relaxation and dilatation (expansion).
15.Body Composition - ANSWER ✔ is based on relative percentages of
various components of the body, usually divided into fat mass (% body fat)
and fat free mass (% fat free mass). The Body Fat Percentage Chart provides
information to assist in helping a client to determine a healthy body fat.
16.Methods of Body Composition Measurement - ANSWER ✔ Hydrostatic
Underwater Weighing (Gold Standard)
Infrared
Bioelectrical Impedance
Body Girth
Waist to Hip Ratio (See Appendix B)
BMI (See Appendix B)
Skinfold Caliper: Procedures and Tools
