CANFITPRO STUDY 2026 EXAMS GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Benefits of cardiorespiratory exercise - ✔✔Reduces the risk of non-communicable
diseases such as cardiovascular disease cancers respiratory disease and diabetes it
also lowers your resting heart rate.
✔✔How long should a clients first cardio session be? - ✔✔10mins
✔✔How many minutes of moderate intensity aerobic exercise should a person do a
day? - ✔✔43mins or 22mins of vigorous intensity
✔✔How many minutes of moderate intensity aerobic exercise should a person
accumulate in a week? - ✔✔300mins or 150mins of vigorous intensity
✔✔benefits of muscle training - ✔✔Resistance training activities strengthen muscles
increase muscular capacity and improve functional fitness the ability to conduct daily
activities with greater ease while also reducing the risk of several non-communicable
diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancers in respiratory disease and diabetes
✔✔What is a noncommunicable disease? - ✔✔a disease that is not transmitted from
one host to another
✔✔How many days a week should you do strength training? - ✔✔3 or more days per
week
✔✔How many reps should beginners do? - ✔✔Slow, low intensity movements
3 to 8 exercises
1 set
12 to 15 reps
,✔✔What does callisthenics mean? - ✔✔Body weight exercises. Strength, endurance,
flexibility and coordination.
✔✔How many days a week should you include stretching in your routine ? - ✔✔4 or
more
✔✔Define FITT - ✔✔Frequency: how often client should be performing a particular
components.
Intensity: the difficulty lvl of the program component (heart rate, load,reps, watts, etc).
Time: how long each components should last and rest.
Type: choice or exercise (exercise, equipment or activity).
✔✔Define Individualization? - ✔✔Available training time, starting fitness lvl, experience,
etc
✔✔Define Specific? - ✔✔Clients want to improve a particular aspect of their
performance such as better runner or bigger muscles 💪
✔✔Define Progressive Overload? - ✔✔Clients must continuously challenge to see
significant improvement over time. Increase weight, reps, sets, duration, intensity,
complexity.
✔✔Define Recovery? - ✔✔The recovery period must allow clients to return to the next
workout at least as fit as they entered the previous one, if not more.
✔✔Define Structural Tolerance? - ✔✔Refers to the strengthening of joints ( tendons
and ligaments) this will result in the ability to sustain subsequently greater stresses
✔✔When in the maintenance phase, what is the volume clients can train? - ✔✔Clients
can train as little as 1/3 the volume at the same intensity for up to 12 weeks
✔✔Food is absorbed by the body. This occurs primarily in the small intestine. What is
the % off all absorption made here? - ✔✔90%
✔✔Where is water absorbed? - ✔✔Small Intestine
✔✔What is another name for the Large Intestine? - ✔✔Colon
✔✔What is the definition of Bioenergetics - ✔✔The study of how energy flows in the
human body.
,✔✔The molecule that the body uses as it's energy currency is called ? - ✔✔Adenosine
Triphosphate. ATP
✔✔Bioenergetics Terminology for Energy: - ✔✔Energy is the ability to do physical work.
✔✔Bioenergetics Terminology for Metabolism: - ✔✔Metabolism is the sum of all
chemical reactions in the body that either use or create energy. It's the combination of
the catabolic and anabolic processes.
✔✔What do you call the energy either used or created from all the metabolic processes
is called ? - ✔✔Adenosine Triphosphate
✔✔What are the 4 systems when forming ATP? A.A.A.F - ✔✔ATP-CP (phosphagen)
10sec
Anaerobic (glycolytic) up to 2min
Aerobic (glycolytic) 2min+
Fatty Acid Oxidation 2min+
✔✔What does Aerobic mean? - ✔✔With oxygen
✔✔Explain why cardio is a good way to burn calories and fat : - ✔✔ATP is created by
the Aerobic system by using stored fat and carbohydrates in order to fuel bouts of
activity. In other words, your body uses fat and carbs and transforms it into energy or
ATP
✔✔Why does ATP-CP stand for ? - ✔✔Adenosine Triphosphate - Creatine Phosphate.
✔✔READ CARD - ✔✔CP is the back up for ATP.
✔✔Where is glucose found in the body? - ✔✔In the blood
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: List and name 3 of the secondary fitness components.
- ✔✔1. Agility: move or change direction quickly
2. Speed: Ability to move rapidly
3. Power: The product of strength and speed
4. Mental: Ability to concentrate during training
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: How would you explain body composition to a client
who wants to achieve weight loss? - ✔✔Body composition: Is the proportion of fat free
mass (muscle, bone, blood, organs and fluids) to fat mass (adipose tissue deposited
under the skin and around organs) Once we know the amount of fat we can measure
the amount lost to determine your progress.
, ✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: Which components of the mind are as important as
physical health? - ✔✔Mental health, Social health and Emotional Health.
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: What are the primary fitness components? -
✔✔Cardiorespiratory capacity
Muscular capacity
Flexibility
Body composition
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: Which of CANFITPRO's nine training principles is best
demonstrated by the fallowing example?
A client who has a goal of running a marathon should have included in their program
some exercises that target the ankles, knees, hips, and back, because marathon
training will stress those areas. - ✔✔A) Specificity?
B) Individualization
C) Structural Tolerance
D) FITT
Answer is: C Structural Tolerance
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: Which of the following accurately represents
CANFITPRO's recommendation for cardiorespiratory activity? - ✔✔A) 300 mins of
moderate-intensity activity per week
B) 22 mins of vigorous-intensity activity per day
C) 150 mins of vigorous-intensity activity per week
D) All of the above
Answer is: D) All of the above
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: What principle suggest that after training ceases, the
body gradually returns to a pre-training state? - ✔✔A) Reversibility
B) Maintenance
C) Recovery
D) Specificity
Answer is: A) Reversibility
✔✔Where is glycogen found in the body? - ✔✔In the muscles 💪
✔✔What happens when you run out of glycogen in the muscles 💪 and run out of
glucose in the blood stream ? - ✔✔A by-product called Lactic Acid is produced!
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Benefits of cardiorespiratory exercise - ✔✔Reduces the risk of non-communicable
diseases such as cardiovascular disease cancers respiratory disease and diabetes it
also lowers your resting heart rate.
✔✔How long should a clients first cardio session be? - ✔✔10mins
✔✔How many minutes of moderate intensity aerobic exercise should a person do a
day? - ✔✔43mins or 22mins of vigorous intensity
✔✔How many minutes of moderate intensity aerobic exercise should a person
accumulate in a week? - ✔✔300mins or 150mins of vigorous intensity
✔✔benefits of muscle training - ✔✔Resistance training activities strengthen muscles
increase muscular capacity and improve functional fitness the ability to conduct daily
activities with greater ease while also reducing the risk of several non-communicable
diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancers in respiratory disease and diabetes
✔✔What is a noncommunicable disease? - ✔✔a disease that is not transmitted from
one host to another
✔✔How many days a week should you do strength training? - ✔✔3 or more days per
week
✔✔How many reps should beginners do? - ✔✔Slow, low intensity movements
3 to 8 exercises
1 set
12 to 15 reps
,✔✔What does callisthenics mean? - ✔✔Body weight exercises. Strength, endurance,
flexibility and coordination.
✔✔How many days a week should you include stretching in your routine ? - ✔✔4 or
more
✔✔Define FITT - ✔✔Frequency: how often client should be performing a particular
components.
Intensity: the difficulty lvl of the program component (heart rate, load,reps, watts, etc).
Time: how long each components should last and rest.
Type: choice or exercise (exercise, equipment or activity).
✔✔Define Individualization? - ✔✔Available training time, starting fitness lvl, experience,
etc
✔✔Define Specific? - ✔✔Clients want to improve a particular aspect of their
performance such as better runner or bigger muscles 💪
✔✔Define Progressive Overload? - ✔✔Clients must continuously challenge to see
significant improvement over time. Increase weight, reps, sets, duration, intensity,
complexity.
✔✔Define Recovery? - ✔✔The recovery period must allow clients to return to the next
workout at least as fit as they entered the previous one, if not more.
✔✔Define Structural Tolerance? - ✔✔Refers to the strengthening of joints ( tendons
and ligaments) this will result in the ability to sustain subsequently greater stresses
✔✔When in the maintenance phase, what is the volume clients can train? - ✔✔Clients
can train as little as 1/3 the volume at the same intensity for up to 12 weeks
✔✔Food is absorbed by the body. This occurs primarily in the small intestine. What is
the % off all absorption made here? - ✔✔90%
✔✔Where is water absorbed? - ✔✔Small Intestine
✔✔What is another name for the Large Intestine? - ✔✔Colon
✔✔What is the definition of Bioenergetics - ✔✔The study of how energy flows in the
human body.
,✔✔The molecule that the body uses as it's energy currency is called ? - ✔✔Adenosine
Triphosphate. ATP
✔✔Bioenergetics Terminology for Energy: - ✔✔Energy is the ability to do physical work.
✔✔Bioenergetics Terminology for Metabolism: - ✔✔Metabolism is the sum of all
chemical reactions in the body that either use or create energy. It's the combination of
the catabolic and anabolic processes.
✔✔What do you call the energy either used or created from all the metabolic processes
is called ? - ✔✔Adenosine Triphosphate
✔✔What are the 4 systems when forming ATP? A.A.A.F - ✔✔ATP-CP (phosphagen)
10sec
Anaerobic (glycolytic) up to 2min
Aerobic (glycolytic) 2min+
Fatty Acid Oxidation 2min+
✔✔What does Aerobic mean? - ✔✔With oxygen
✔✔Explain why cardio is a good way to burn calories and fat : - ✔✔ATP is created by
the Aerobic system by using stored fat and carbohydrates in order to fuel bouts of
activity. In other words, your body uses fat and carbs and transforms it into energy or
ATP
✔✔Why does ATP-CP stand for ? - ✔✔Adenosine Triphosphate - Creatine Phosphate.
✔✔READ CARD - ✔✔CP is the back up for ATP.
✔✔Where is glucose found in the body? - ✔✔In the blood
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: List and name 3 of the secondary fitness components.
- ✔✔1. Agility: move or change direction quickly
2. Speed: Ability to move rapidly
3. Power: The product of strength and speed
4. Mental: Ability to concentrate during training
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: How would you explain body composition to a client
who wants to achieve weight loss? - ✔✔Body composition: Is the proportion of fat free
mass (muscle, bone, blood, organs and fluids) to fat mass (adipose tissue deposited
under the skin and around organs) Once we know the amount of fat we can measure
the amount lost to determine your progress.
, ✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: Which components of the mind are as important as
physical health? - ✔✔Mental health, Social health and Emotional Health.
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: What are the primary fitness components? -
✔✔Cardiorespiratory capacity
Muscular capacity
Flexibility
Body composition
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: Which of CANFITPRO's nine training principles is best
demonstrated by the fallowing example?
A client who has a goal of running a marathon should have included in their program
some exercises that target the ankles, knees, hips, and back, because marathon
training will stress those areas. - ✔✔A) Specificity?
B) Individualization
C) Structural Tolerance
D) FITT
Answer is: C Structural Tolerance
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: Which of the following accurately represents
CANFITPRO's recommendation for cardiorespiratory activity? - ✔✔A) 300 mins of
moderate-intensity activity per week
B) 22 mins of vigorous-intensity activity per day
C) 150 mins of vigorous-intensity activity per week
D) All of the above
Answer is: D) All of the above
✔✔Chapter 2 Review Questions: What principle suggest that after training ceases, the
body gradually returns to a pre-training state? - ✔✔A) Reversibility
B) Maintenance
C) Recovery
D) Specificity
Answer is: A) Reversibility
✔✔Where is glycogen found in the body? - ✔✔In the muscles 💪
✔✔What happens when you run out of glycogen in the muscles 💪 and run out of
glucose in the blood stream ? - ✔✔A by-product called Lactic Acid is produced!
