NASM (Mac)

Optimum stride length at maximum velocity is: 

The study that uses principles of physics to quantitatively study how forces interact within the body:

The movement of a body part away from the middle of the body:

The 3 components of the Kinetic Chain:

When excited, which of the following sensory receptors will cause an activated muscle to relax through the process of autogenic inhibition
A. Muscle spindles
B. Joint Receptors
C. Chemorecptors
D. Golgi Tendon Organs 

The anatomical location that refers to a position above a reference point:

Anatomic Locations
Position below a point of reference

Anatomic Locations
Position nearest the center of the body, or point of reference

Anatomic Locations
Positioned farthest from the center of the body, or point of reference

Anatomic Locations
On the front of the body

Anatomic Locations
On the back of the body

Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissue

3 planes of motion

Examples of Sagittal plane exercises:

Examples of Frontal plane exercises:

Examples of Transverse plane exercises:

Muscles that act as prime movers / most responsible for a particular movement

Muscles that assist prime movers

Support or stabilize the body while the prime movers and synergist perform the movement patterns

Muscles that perform the opposite action of a prime mover

Core Stabilization exercises:

Core Strength exercises:

Core Power exercises:

Exercises that emphasize an agonist immediatley followed by an exercise that emphasize the antagonist are known as:

An environment that is said to be proprioceptively enriched is one that works on challenging what:

Connective tissue such as tendons & ligaments repair very slowly due to a lack of:

The plane of motion that divides the body into two halves of front and back, thereby allowing for side to side movement:

Hypertension is defined as blood pressure greater than:

Reactive training helps to improve which of the following:
A. Maximum strength 
B. Pattern overload
C. Motor unit recruitment
D. Rate of force production

How many calories does one fat yield:

Successful people who know what they want from life have been shown to lead lives that are characterized by:

Lifestyle questions that the health & fitness professional should ask in the initial assessment:

A client who exhibits the movement compensation of excessive forward lean during overhead squat assessment should foam the:

To assess BMI; what is the equation used:

Severe BMI scores begins with:

Compensation of the knees caving inward during overhead squat assessment would implicate:

When the structural integrity of the body has been compromised as a result of a disruption in one or more of the components of the kenetic chain, what will develop:

What test the upper extremity neuromuscular efficiency:

The type of bloop pressure that signifies the minimum pressure within the arteries through a full cardiac cycle:

During an overhead squat assessment a client demonstrates an arched lower back; what stretch would be most appropriate:
A. Static piriformis (butt foam roll) 
B. Static gastrocnemius stretch (standing calve stretch)
C. Static kneeling hip flexor stretch 

What is the correct position of the back leg during the cable rotation exercise:

The study that uses principle of physics to quantitatively study how forces interact within the body:

What nutrient is responsible for acting as transports for vitamins A, D, E, and K:

What percentage of comuunication is based on physiology (stance, eye contact etc.):

After becoming a credentialed personal trainer, how many CEU's are required per two year time period:

3 example of believe as a powerful predictor of success:

Consumption of which are associated with lower incidence of heart disease, lower incidence of cancer, maintaing good intestinal motlity and helps regulate the body's absorption of glucose:
A. protien
B. carbohydrate 
C. water
D. fiber

What % of communication is based on words:

3 examples of essential questions to ask a client in the initial appointment:

Approximately how many amino acids does the body use:

Individuals who engage in higher level visonary thinking, as well as lower level strategic thinking are known as:

The three phases of flexibility training:

Active flexibility uses the priciples of:
a. Reciprocal inhibition
b. Autogenic inhibition

What type(s) of stretching stimulates the Golgi tendon organ and produces autogenic inhibition

What are the two stretching techniques utilized in corrective flexibility:

What is an indicator that a client is ready to move from Stage One to Stage Two in the cardiorespiratory training program

What are the benefits of a warm-up:

NASM suggests that the cardiorespiratory portion of a warm-up should last up to how long:

Sufficient time for a cool-down period is approximately 

Warm-up components for the Stabilization level clients:

Warm-up components for the Strength level clients:

Warm-up components for the Power level clients:

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Trauma to the tissue of the body creates inflamation resulting in muscle spasm and adhesions. If left unchecked these adhesions can begin to form permanent structural changes in the soft tissue evident by which law?

It has been shown that obesity-related health problems begin to increase when a person's BMI exceeds
A. 20
B. 30
C. 35
D. 25

During a single leg squat assessment a client's knee move inward. This indicates which of the following muscles as being underactive:
A. Vastus lateralis
B. Adductor complex
C. Biceps femoris
D. Gluteus medius

Ankle sprains have been shown to decrease neural control to which of the following muscles:
A. Gluteus medius
B. Anterior tibialis
C. Lateral gastrocnemius
D. Tensor fascia latae

What is the appropriate weight increase, following warm-up when performing a lower extremity strength assessment (squat)?
A. 40-50 lbs
B. 10 -20 lbs
C. 20-30 lbs
D. 30-40 lbs

A client who exhibits the arms falling forward during an overhead squat assessment could benifit most from performing which of the following strengthening exercises?
A. Squat to row
B. Tube walking
C. Prone iso-abs
D. Ball squats

What are the average resting heart rates for a male and female

When performing the 3-minute step test, how much time does the health and fitness professional allow the client to take before measuring recovery rate:
A. 90 seconds
B. 30 seconds
C. 60 seconds
D. 3 minutes

An example of an objective assessment would include which of the following:
A. Par-Q
B. General & Medical history
C. Dietary intake
D. Heart rate

When performing circumference measurements, where should the health & fitness professional measure the waist

What assessment best measures lower extremity agility & neuromuscular control

If it is noticed that a client's arms fall forward during the descent part of the overhead squat assessment. What would likely be considered weak (underactive)

The core is defined as:

Joint motion is refered to as

Resistance training can become a hindrance if the improper assessment and poor flexibility protocal the anatomical location referring to a position on the same side of the body

During a squat exercise which muscle serves as the synergist:
A. Hamstrings
B. Rectus abdominos
C. Psoas

Balance is what type of process:

Research has demonstrated higher volume training (3-4 sets @ 9-20 reps) produce what type of training adaptations:
A. Cellular
B. Endurance
C. Metabolic
D. Neural

The preferred resistance training system for using the OPT model is:
a. Vertical loading
b. Horizontal loading

What type of exercise would a single-leg balance be considered:
A. Core-stabiization
B. Balance-stabilization
C. Balance-strength
D. Functional-balance

What exercise represents a back-stabilization exercise:
A. Standing cable row
B. Machine lat pull down
C. Floor prone Iso-abs
D. Low row