NASM PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Overweight - (ANSWER)BMI of 25-29.9 or between 25lbs to 30lbs overweight
Muscle imbalance - (ANSWER)Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint
Obesity - (ANSWER)BMI of 30+ or at least 30lbs over recommend weight
BMI - (ANSWER)Body Mass Index
18.5-24.9 recommend
Statistics - (ANSWER)66% Americans overweight
34% obese (72mil)
Blood lipids - (ANSWER)Cholesterol and triglycerides, carried in the bloodstream by protein molecules.
HDL= good
LDL= bad
Less than 200mg/DL healthy
More than 240 = high risk
Diabetes - (ANSWER)Insulin deficiency, impairs carb usage and enhances usage of fats and proteins
Type 1 diabetes - (ANSWER)Pancreas doesn't produce insulin
Type 2 diabetes - (ANSWER)Obesity, 90-95% of diabetes. Cells are resistant and do not allow insulin to
bring glucose into the cell
,NASM PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Low back pain - (ANSWER)80% of adults (office work, sitting too long, manual labor)
Knee injury - (ANSWER)80,000-100,000 ACL injuries. 70% noncontact injuries.
Deconditioned - (ANSWER)Loss of physical fitness, muscle imbalances, decreased flexibility and lack of
core and joint stability.
Proprioceptively enriched environment - (ANSWER)Unstable yet controlled physical situation. Force
body to us balance and stabilization
OPT Model - (ANSWER)Stabilization endurance
Strength endurance
Strength hypertrophy
Strength max strength
Power
Phase 1: stabilization endurance - (ANSWER)Increase muscular endurance and stability while developing
neuromuscular efficiency (coordination).
Muscular endurance - (ANSWER)Muscles ability to contract for an extended period of time
Neuromuscular efficiency - (ANSWER)All muscles efficiently working together in all planes of motion
(coordination)
Phase 2: strength endurance - (ANSWER)Enhance stabilization while increasing prime mover strength
Mod loads and reps
8-12 reps
Prime mover - (ANSWER)The muscle that acts as the initial source of motive power
,NASM PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Superset - (ANSWER)Set of two exercises performed back to back
Phase 3: hypertrophy - (ANSWER)Goal of muscle growth.
High volume
Moderate to high loads
6-12 reps
Phase 4: max strength - (ANSWER)Goal of max prime mover strength-
heavy loads
Low reps (1-5)
Longer rest
Rate of force production - (ANSWER)Muscles to exert maximal force output in a minimal amount of time
Phase 5: power - (ANSWER)Development of speed and power
As fast as can be controlled
Human movement system - (ANSWER)Nervous, muscular and skeletal systems
Kinetic chain - (ANSWER)Nervous, muscular and skeletal system
Nervous system - (ANSWER)Billions of cells- communication network
Divided into central and peripheral
, NASM PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Central nervous system - (ANSWER)Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system - (ANSWER)Nerves that connect brain to spinal cord to the rest of the body
Sensory function - (ANSWER)Ability of CNS to sense change in external/internal environment
Integrative function - (ANSWER)Nervous system to analyze and interpret sensory info to allow decision
making and response
Motor function - (ANSWER)Neuromuscular response to sensory info
Neuron - (ANSWER)The functional unit of the nervous system
Sensory neurons - (ANSWER)Transmit nerve impulses from effector sites via receptors to brain and
spinal cord
Interneurons - (ANSWER)Transmit nerve impulses from on neuron to another
Motor neurons - (ANSWER)Transmit nerve impulses from brain and spinal cord to effector sites
Mechanoreceptors - (ANSWER)Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues
Muscle spindles - (ANSWER)Receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the rate of that
change
Golgi tendon organ - (ANSWER)Will cause muscle to relax
Joint receptors - (ANSWER)Surround a joint and respond to pressure, acceleration and deceleration of
the joint
Overweight - (ANSWER)BMI of 25-29.9 or between 25lbs to 30lbs overweight
Muscle imbalance - (ANSWER)Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint
Obesity - (ANSWER)BMI of 30+ or at least 30lbs over recommend weight
BMI - (ANSWER)Body Mass Index
18.5-24.9 recommend
Statistics - (ANSWER)66% Americans overweight
34% obese (72mil)
Blood lipids - (ANSWER)Cholesterol and triglycerides, carried in the bloodstream by protein molecules.
HDL= good
LDL= bad
Less than 200mg/DL healthy
More than 240 = high risk
Diabetes - (ANSWER)Insulin deficiency, impairs carb usage and enhances usage of fats and proteins
Type 1 diabetes - (ANSWER)Pancreas doesn't produce insulin
Type 2 diabetes - (ANSWER)Obesity, 90-95% of diabetes. Cells are resistant and do not allow insulin to
bring glucose into the cell
,NASM PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Low back pain - (ANSWER)80% of adults (office work, sitting too long, manual labor)
Knee injury - (ANSWER)80,000-100,000 ACL injuries. 70% noncontact injuries.
Deconditioned - (ANSWER)Loss of physical fitness, muscle imbalances, decreased flexibility and lack of
core and joint stability.
Proprioceptively enriched environment - (ANSWER)Unstable yet controlled physical situation. Force
body to us balance and stabilization
OPT Model - (ANSWER)Stabilization endurance
Strength endurance
Strength hypertrophy
Strength max strength
Power
Phase 1: stabilization endurance - (ANSWER)Increase muscular endurance and stability while developing
neuromuscular efficiency (coordination).
Muscular endurance - (ANSWER)Muscles ability to contract for an extended period of time
Neuromuscular efficiency - (ANSWER)All muscles efficiently working together in all planes of motion
(coordination)
Phase 2: strength endurance - (ANSWER)Enhance stabilization while increasing prime mover strength
Mod loads and reps
8-12 reps
Prime mover - (ANSWER)The muscle that acts as the initial source of motive power
,NASM PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Superset - (ANSWER)Set of two exercises performed back to back
Phase 3: hypertrophy - (ANSWER)Goal of muscle growth.
High volume
Moderate to high loads
6-12 reps
Phase 4: max strength - (ANSWER)Goal of max prime mover strength-
heavy loads
Low reps (1-5)
Longer rest
Rate of force production - (ANSWER)Muscles to exert maximal force output in a minimal amount of time
Phase 5: power - (ANSWER)Development of speed and power
As fast as can be controlled
Human movement system - (ANSWER)Nervous, muscular and skeletal systems
Kinetic chain - (ANSWER)Nervous, muscular and skeletal system
Nervous system - (ANSWER)Billions of cells- communication network
Divided into central and peripheral
, NASM PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Central nervous system - (ANSWER)Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system - (ANSWER)Nerves that connect brain to spinal cord to the rest of the body
Sensory function - (ANSWER)Ability of CNS to sense change in external/internal environment
Integrative function - (ANSWER)Nervous system to analyze and interpret sensory info to allow decision
making and response
Motor function - (ANSWER)Neuromuscular response to sensory info
Neuron - (ANSWER)The functional unit of the nervous system
Sensory neurons - (ANSWER)Transmit nerve impulses from effector sites via receptors to brain and
spinal cord
Interneurons - (ANSWER)Transmit nerve impulses from on neuron to another
Motor neurons - (ANSWER)Transmit nerve impulses from brain and spinal cord to effector sites
Mechanoreceptors - (ANSWER)Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues
Muscle spindles - (ANSWER)Receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the rate of that
change
Golgi tendon organ - (ANSWER)Will cause muscle to relax
Joint receptors - (ANSWER)Surround a joint and respond to pressure, acceleration and deceleration of
the joint
