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NASM CPT4 - Exercise Technique

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Reciprocal Inhibition   Action mechanism that occurs in active isolated stretching  
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Proprioception   The cummulative sensory input to the central nervous system from all mechanorecptors that sense body positon and limb movements  
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What are the acute variables for static stretching   1-2 sets, hold each stretch for 30 seconds  
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What is the mechanism of action that occurs in active-isolated stretching?   Reciprocal Inhibition  
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When is the appropriate time to utilize dynamic stretching?   After self-myofacial release when training in Phase 5  
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long should the cardiorespiratory portion of the warm-up last?   5-10 minutes  
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What does FITTE stand for?   Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type, Enjoyment  
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Example of a Zone 1 cardiorespiratory activity and intensity level   Walking or jogging at 65-75% max HR  
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Example of Zone 2 cardiorespiratory activity and intensity level   Group exercise class or spinning at 76-85% max HR  
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Example of Zone 3 cardiorespiratory activity and intensity   Sprinting at 86-95% max HR  
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Type of training that has beenn found to be just as beneficial as traditional forms of cardio training   Circuit training  
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What structures make up the "core" ?   Lumbo-pelvic hip complex, pelvic girdle, abdomen, hip joint  
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Name the five muscles of the local stabilization system of the core   Transverse abdominis, internal oblique, lumbar multifidus, pelvic floor muscles, diaphragm  
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Name the four muscles of the movement system of the core   Latississmus doris, hip flexors, hamstring complex, quadriceps  
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The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allows full range of motion of a joint   Flexibility  
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The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns   Relative flexibility  
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What are the benefits of a warm up?   Increased heart and respiratory rate, increased tissue temperature, increased psychological preparation for exercise  
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The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist   Altered reciprocal inhibitition  
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The principle that states the body will adapt to the specific demands that are placed on it   SAID principle of specificity  
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What does the acronym SAID in the SAID principle stand for?   Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands  
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What kinetic chain deviations must a certified personal trainer watch for in the cardio portion of the workout for clients who possess rounded shoulders?   Watch for use of handles on treadmills and steppers and watch for rounding of shoulders on bikes, treadmills and ellipitcals  
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Feedback used after the completion of a movement to help inform clients about the outcome of their performance   Knowledge of results  
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Feedback that provides information about the quality of the movement during exercise   Knowledge of performance  
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The type of specificity that refers to the weight and movements placed on the body   Mechanical specificity  
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The state where there is an elevation of the body's metabolism after exercise   Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC)  
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The three stages in the General Adaptation Syndrome   Alarm reaction, Resistance Development, Exhaustion  
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Four performance adaptive benefits from resistance training   Increased strength, increased power, increased endurance, increased neuromuscular control  
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SAQ training can be used with what three non-athletic population groups   Youth, weight loss clients, seniors  
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What is the "drawing in maneuver"?   Drawing in of the navel towards the spine, to recruit the local core stabilizer muscles  
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Benefits of a cool down   Reduce HR and breathing rates, gradually cool body temp, return muscles to optimal length-tension relationships, prevent venous pooling in lower extremities, restore physiological systems close to baseline  
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Give examples of total body stabilization exercises   Single leg squat touchdown, curl to OH Press; Single leg romanian deadlift, curl to OH press; Single leg squat to row; Ball squat, curl to press; Multiplanar Step up to balance, curl to OH Press  
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Give examples of chest exercises used in the Strength level of OPT model   Incline dumbbell chest press; Incline barbell bench press; Flat dumbbell chest press; Barbell bench press  
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Give examples of chest exercises used in the Power level of the OPT model   Two arm medicine ball chest pass; Rotation chest pass; Speed tubing chest press; Plyometric push up  
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Give examples of back exercises used in the Stabilization mode of the OPT model   Single leg pull down; Ball cobra; Standing cable row; Ball dumbbell row  
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Give examples of back exercises used in the Strength level of the OPT model   Seated cable row; Seated lat pulldown; Straight arm pulldown; Pull up; Supported dumbbell row  
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Give examples of shoulder exercises used in the Stabilization level of the OPT model   Single leg OH press; Single leg dumbbell scaption; Seated Stability ball military press  
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The main goal of balance training is to continually increase the client's awareness of their limit of stabiility by creating what?   Controlled instability  
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Surface types for proprioceptive progressions during balance include what?   Floor, sport beam, half foam roll, foam pad, balance disk, wobble board, bosu ball  
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Exercises that use quick, powerful movements involving an eccentric action immediately followed by an explosive concentric contraction   Plyometric training  
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Efficicient movement requires eccentric force reduction, isometric stabilization and concentric force production   Integrated performance paradigm  
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The ability of the neuromuscular system to produce internal tension to overcome an external load   Strength  
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What are six ways to progress plyometric exercises?   Easy to hard; simple to complex; known to unknown; stable to unstable; body weight to loaded; activity specific  
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Describe the five kinetic chain checkpoints   Feet-shoulder width apart, pointing straight ahead; Knees-in line with 2nd and third toes; Hips-level with lumbar spine and in neutral position; Shoulders-depressed and slightly retracted; Head-cervical spine in a neutral position  
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What is dynamic balance?   The ability to move and change directions under various conditions without falling  
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What are the three phases of a plyometric exercise?   Eccentric phase, amortization phase, concentric phase  
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What is the proper progression for balance training when utilizing the proprioceptive continunuum?   Floor, balance beam, half foam roll, foam pad, balance disk  
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The ability of muscles to exert maximal force output in a minimal amount of time   Rate of force production  
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The position of the lumbo pelvic hip complex during running movements   A slight forward lean with neutral spine  
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What happens during the ecentric phase of a plyometric exercise?   Increase in muscle spindle activity by pre stretching the muscle before activation  
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Research has demonstrated increased electromyogram activity and pelvic stabilization when this maneuver is performed   Drawing in maneuver  
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What is DOMS   Delayed onset muscle soreness - pain or discomfort often felt 24-72 hours after intense exercise or unaccustomed physical activity  
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What is the proper way to progress an exercise in the stabilization level of training?   Increase propreoceptive demand  
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Give reasons to incorporate flexibility training   Correct muscle imbalances Increase joint range of motion Decrease excess muscle tension Relieve joint stress Maintain normal functional length of muscles Improve neuromuscular efficiency Improve function  
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Consistently repeating the same pattern of motion, which may place abnormal stresses on the body   Pattern overload  
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What are the three phases of the integrated flexibilty contiuum?   Corrective flexibility; Active flexiblity; Functional flexibility  
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The type of flexiblity desgined to improve extensibility of soft tissue and increase neuromuscular efficiency by using reciprocal inhibition   Active flexibility  
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During which phase of the general adpation syndrome do stress fractures, muscle strains, joint pain and emotional fatique occur?   Exhaustion phase  
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The stretching technique that focuses on the neural system and fascial system of the body by applying gentle force to an adhesion   Self myofascial release  
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