AFAA GROUP FITNESS UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔isometric exercise - ✔✔what method of resistance training would be appropriate for
older adults with arthritis and osteoporosis
✔✔rotation - ✔✔movement around the axis
✔✔flexion - ✔✔when working deltoids, which joint action is performed at the shoulder
✔✔1000 - ✔✔According to the AFAA FITT at a glance , participants should aim for a
cardio respiratory exercise intensity that burns a minimum of ______ kilo calories per
week
✔✔stretch - ✔✔To assist in the management of arthritis, participants should be
encouraged to ______ daily
✔✔water, fat, carbs, vitamins, protein, minerals - ✔✔six classes of nutrients
✔✔American college of sports medicine - ✔✔which other organizations training
recommendations does AFAA support
✔✔variable - ✔✔what form of exercise is designed to achieve max muscular
involvement
✔✔effectiveness and potential risk - ✔✔instructors should evaluate an exercise from
which two view points
✔✔kyphosis - ✔✔excessive curvature of the thoracic spine
✔✔osteoporosis - ✔✔kyphosis may be the result of
✔✔enhance ability to maintain proper spinal alignment - ✔✔purpose of torso
stabilization training
✔✔anaerobic, lactic acid, aerobic - ✔✔energy pathways
✔✔midline of body - ✔✔medial
✔✔multi joint - ✔✔A method for improving the muscular strength and endurance would
be ______ training
✔✔physical, mental, combination - ✔✔relaxation methods
,✔✔evaluate risk of exercise - ✔✔AFAA five questions
✔✔shoes, flooring, warm up - ✔✔ways to prevent shin splints
✔✔improve ability to perform every day activities, increase metabolism, improved
athletic performance, and decreased risk of injury - ✔✔purpose of proper muscular
strength and endurance training
✔✔muscular strength training - ✔✔involves working individual groups of muscles
against a resistance to the point of muscle fatigue (45-60 min)
✔✔add traveling - ✔✔one way to increase exercise intensity is to
✔✔continuous/steady, interval, intermittent, circuit - ✔✔four common cardio respiratory
training methods
✔✔intermittent training - ✔✔less structured, randomly interspersed peak movement
followed by lower intensity
✔✔circuit training - ✔✔time bouts of activities done in sequential manner
✔✔interval training - ✔✔time bouts of higher intensity followed by lower intensity
recovery
✔✔continuous/steady training - ✔✔gradually increasing intensity then gradually
decrease
✔✔format guidelines for MAT science - ✔✔always begin with warmup and breathing,
include progressive series of exercise that build heat increase strength and flexibility,
vary activities, progression, intensity levels with each session, always finish with cool
down
✔✔140/90 - ✔✔high blood pressure
✔✔abduction - ✔✔movement away from midline
✔✔blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure of the blood in arteries
✔✔principal of overload - ✔✔to achieve desired training improvements or effects the
relevant body system must be overloaded beyond its normal level capacity
✔✔overload and variation - ✔✔fitness programs that lack _______________ will serve
to maintain and not improve one's existing level of fitness
, ✔✔vital capacity - ✔✔The greatest volume of air that can be forcibly exhaled after the
deepest inspiration is called_____
✔✔adductors - ✔✔
✔✔frequency - ✔✔a training variable that should be considered when designing an
exercise program
✔✔anaerobically and inefficiently - ✔✔working above target HR affects exercise how?
✔✔triceps and pectoralis major - ✔✔In a push - up, the ____ muscles extend the elbow
and the ______ adducts the humerus to lift the body up against gravity
✔✔indoor cycling - ✔✔name an activity that uses the aerobic system
✔✔assistors - ✔✔muscle that helps perform the same task
✔✔Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type - ✔✔FITT principle: training variables
✔✔muscle balance, ROM, speed and control, intensity - ✔✔special considerations for
muscular strength and endurance training
✔✔intermittent - ✔✔The ____________ method is known as variable intensity or
spontaneous training
✔✔warm up - ✔✔to increase core temp and prepare muscles and joints for movements
that follow (5-15 minutes)
✔✔joint - ✔✔_________ are the point at which two or ore bones meet articulate and
where movement occurs
✔✔120-134 - ✔✔appropriate BPM for warm up
✔✔118-128 (advanced 128-135) - ✔✔cardio respiratory training
✔✔120-130 - ✔✔muscular strength and endurance training
✔✔overtraining - ✔✔body needs time to recover and musculoskeletal system needs
time to rebuild from the stress of vigorous exercise
✔✔high row - ✔✔movement that performs shoulder horizontal abductions
✔✔prone - ✔✔example of basic exercise position
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔isometric exercise - ✔✔what method of resistance training would be appropriate for
older adults with arthritis and osteoporosis
✔✔rotation - ✔✔movement around the axis
✔✔flexion - ✔✔when working deltoids, which joint action is performed at the shoulder
✔✔1000 - ✔✔According to the AFAA FITT at a glance , participants should aim for a
cardio respiratory exercise intensity that burns a minimum of ______ kilo calories per
week
✔✔stretch - ✔✔To assist in the management of arthritis, participants should be
encouraged to ______ daily
✔✔water, fat, carbs, vitamins, protein, minerals - ✔✔six classes of nutrients
✔✔American college of sports medicine - ✔✔which other organizations training
recommendations does AFAA support
✔✔variable - ✔✔what form of exercise is designed to achieve max muscular
involvement
✔✔effectiveness and potential risk - ✔✔instructors should evaluate an exercise from
which two view points
✔✔kyphosis - ✔✔excessive curvature of the thoracic spine
✔✔osteoporosis - ✔✔kyphosis may be the result of
✔✔enhance ability to maintain proper spinal alignment - ✔✔purpose of torso
stabilization training
✔✔anaerobic, lactic acid, aerobic - ✔✔energy pathways
✔✔midline of body - ✔✔medial
✔✔multi joint - ✔✔A method for improving the muscular strength and endurance would
be ______ training
✔✔physical, mental, combination - ✔✔relaxation methods
,✔✔evaluate risk of exercise - ✔✔AFAA five questions
✔✔shoes, flooring, warm up - ✔✔ways to prevent shin splints
✔✔improve ability to perform every day activities, increase metabolism, improved
athletic performance, and decreased risk of injury - ✔✔purpose of proper muscular
strength and endurance training
✔✔muscular strength training - ✔✔involves working individual groups of muscles
against a resistance to the point of muscle fatigue (45-60 min)
✔✔add traveling - ✔✔one way to increase exercise intensity is to
✔✔continuous/steady, interval, intermittent, circuit - ✔✔four common cardio respiratory
training methods
✔✔intermittent training - ✔✔less structured, randomly interspersed peak movement
followed by lower intensity
✔✔circuit training - ✔✔time bouts of activities done in sequential manner
✔✔interval training - ✔✔time bouts of higher intensity followed by lower intensity
recovery
✔✔continuous/steady training - ✔✔gradually increasing intensity then gradually
decrease
✔✔format guidelines for MAT science - ✔✔always begin with warmup and breathing,
include progressive series of exercise that build heat increase strength and flexibility,
vary activities, progression, intensity levels with each session, always finish with cool
down
✔✔140/90 - ✔✔high blood pressure
✔✔abduction - ✔✔movement away from midline
✔✔blood pressure - ✔✔the pressure of the blood in arteries
✔✔principal of overload - ✔✔to achieve desired training improvements or effects the
relevant body system must be overloaded beyond its normal level capacity
✔✔overload and variation - ✔✔fitness programs that lack _______________ will serve
to maintain and not improve one's existing level of fitness
, ✔✔vital capacity - ✔✔The greatest volume of air that can be forcibly exhaled after the
deepest inspiration is called_____
✔✔adductors - ✔✔
✔✔frequency - ✔✔a training variable that should be considered when designing an
exercise program
✔✔anaerobically and inefficiently - ✔✔working above target HR affects exercise how?
✔✔triceps and pectoralis major - ✔✔In a push - up, the ____ muscles extend the elbow
and the ______ adducts the humerus to lift the body up against gravity
✔✔indoor cycling - ✔✔name an activity that uses the aerobic system
✔✔assistors - ✔✔muscle that helps perform the same task
✔✔Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type - ✔✔FITT principle: training variables
✔✔muscle balance, ROM, speed and control, intensity - ✔✔special considerations for
muscular strength and endurance training
✔✔intermittent - ✔✔The ____________ method is known as variable intensity or
spontaneous training
✔✔warm up - ✔✔to increase core temp and prepare muscles and joints for movements
that follow (5-15 minutes)
✔✔joint - ✔✔_________ are the point at which two or ore bones meet articulate and
where movement occurs
✔✔120-134 - ✔✔appropriate BPM for warm up
✔✔118-128 (advanced 128-135) - ✔✔cardio respiratory training
✔✔120-130 - ✔✔muscular strength and endurance training
✔✔overtraining - ✔✔body needs time to recover and musculoskeletal system needs
time to rebuild from the stress of vigorous exercise
✔✔high row - ✔✔movement that performs shoulder horizontal abductions
✔✔prone - ✔✔example of basic exercise position
