ACE PERSONAL TRAINER EXAM
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, -The 1st progression is adding repetitions and the 2nd progression is adding resistance in 5%
Double-progressive Training increments.
-Principal focus of getting clients who are either sedentary or have little cardiorespiratory fitness
to begin engaging in regular cardiorespiratory exercise of low-to moderate-intensity with a
primary goal of improving health and a secondary goal of building fitness.
Phase 1: Aerobic-base Training -Primary goal for trainer is to help the client have positive experiences with cardiorespiratory exercise
and to help him or her adopt exercise as a regular habit.
-Principal focus of increasing the time of cardiorespiratory exercise while introducing intervals to
improve aerobic efficiency, fitness, and health.
-Clients will progress to this phase only after they have become consistent with their
Phase 2: Aerobic-efficiency Training
cardiorespiratory exercise and can comfortably perform a minimum of 20-30 minutes of steady-
state cardiorespiratory exercise in Zone 1.
-For clients who have endurance-performance goals and/or are performing seven or more
hours of cardiorespiratory training per week.
Phase 3: Anaerobic-endurance Training
-Do not have to be highly competitive athletes to train in Zone 3.
-Only highly fit and competitive clients with very specific goals related to highspeed
performance during endurance events will require exercise programming in this phase.
-Intent is to perform very high-intensity training of nearly maximal muscular capacity, but with
enough recovery to prevent the rapid accumulation of fatigue, so that the muscular system can
-Phase 4: Anaerobic-power Training be taxed maximally.
-Intended to increase the tolerance for the metabolic by-products of high-intensity exercise.
-Contain 1 or more double bonds between carbon atoms, are typically liquid at room
temperature, and are fairly unstable, making them susceptible to oxidative damage and a
Unsaturated Fatty Acids shortened shelf life.
-Contains one double bond between two carbons.
Monounsaturated Fat -Common sources include olive, canola, and peanut oils.
-Contains a double bond between two or more sets of carbons.
Polyunsaturated Fat -Sources include corn, safflower, and soybean oils and cold water fish.
-Naturally found in egg-yolk and cold-water fish and shellfish like tuna, salmon, mackerel, cod,
crab, shrimp, and oyster.
Omega-3 (Linolenic Acid)
-Reduce blood clotting, dilate blood vessels, and reduce inflammation.
-Examine simultaneous mobility of one limb and stability of the contralateral limb while
maintaining both hip and torso stabilization under a balance challenge of standing on one
Hurdle Step Screen leg.
-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension -Developed to
reduce blood pressure.
DASH Eating Plan
-Low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and total fat.
-Taking warning signs seriously.
-De-emphasize weight.
-Emphasize health risks of low-weight.
Eating Disorders
-Express concern when you feel your client may have an eating disorder and suggest they see
their physician or a registered dietitian for evaluation and guidance.
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UPDATED 2025
Students also studied
Terms in this set (179)
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, -The 1st progression is adding repetitions and the 2nd progression is adding resistance in 5%
Double-progressive Training increments.
-Principal focus of getting clients who are either sedentary or have little cardiorespiratory fitness
to begin engaging in regular cardiorespiratory exercise of low-to moderate-intensity with a
primary goal of improving health and a secondary goal of building fitness.
Phase 1: Aerobic-base Training -Primary goal for trainer is to help the client have positive experiences with cardiorespiratory exercise
and to help him or her adopt exercise as a regular habit.
-Principal focus of increasing the time of cardiorespiratory exercise while introducing intervals to
improve aerobic efficiency, fitness, and health.
-Clients will progress to this phase only after they have become consistent with their
Phase 2: Aerobic-efficiency Training
cardiorespiratory exercise and can comfortably perform a minimum of 20-30 minutes of steady-
state cardiorespiratory exercise in Zone 1.
-For clients who have endurance-performance goals and/or are performing seven or more
hours of cardiorespiratory training per week.
Phase 3: Anaerobic-endurance Training
-Do not have to be highly competitive athletes to train in Zone 3.
-Only highly fit and competitive clients with very specific goals related to highspeed
performance during endurance events will require exercise programming in this phase.
-Intent is to perform very high-intensity training of nearly maximal muscular capacity, but with
enough recovery to prevent the rapid accumulation of fatigue, so that the muscular system can
-Phase 4: Anaerobic-power Training be taxed maximally.
-Intended to increase the tolerance for the metabolic by-products of high-intensity exercise.
-Contain 1 or more double bonds between carbon atoms, are typically liquid at room
temperature, and are fairly unstable, making them susceptible to oxidative damage and a
Unsaturated Fatty Acids shortened shelf life.
-Contains one double bond between two carbons.
Monounsaturated Fat -Common sources include olive, canola, and peanut oils.
-Contains a double bond between two or more sets of carbons.
Polyunsaturated Fat -Sources include corn, safflower, and soybean oils and cold water fish.
-Naturally found in egg-yolk and cold-water fish and shellfish like tuna, salmon, mackerel, cod,
crab, shrimp, and oyster.
Omega-3 (Linolenic Acid)
-Reduce blood clotting, dilate blood vessels, and reduce inflammation.
-Examine simultaneous mobility of one limb and stability of the contralateral limb while
maintaining both hip and torso stabilization under a balance challenge of standing on one
Hurdle Step Screen leg.
-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension -Developed to
reduce blood pressure.
DASH Eating Plan
-Low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and total fat.
-Taking warning signs seriously.
-De-emphasize weight.
-Emphasize health risks of low-weight.
Eating Disorders
-Express concern when you feel your client may have an eating disorder and suggest they see
their physician or a registered dietitian for evaluation and guidance.
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