What is the purpose of the Current Good Manufacturing Practices?
To provide guidelines to help ensure quality and purity of products
Which muscle
... [Show More] would be considered underactive, leading to the excessive forward trunk lean during the overhead squat assessment?
Gluteus maximus
For a fitness professional using the OPT model, the goal of the Stabilization Endurance phase is to focus on which of the following aspects?
Movement quality
Balance is best described as which of the following?
The ability to maintain control of the body while in a static position
What is a sufficient amount of time for a cardiorespiratory cool-down?
c. 5 to 10 minutes
If a muscle is stretched too quickly, the muscle responds with an immediate contraction to stop the stretch. What is this specific action called?
d. Stretch reflex
Which vitamin has an increased risk of causing toxicity?
a. Vitamin A
What is the correct order of segments for the spine, starting at the top?
b. Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
Which of the following is a question that may promote change?
b. What might you want to change?
Which of the following exercises provides the most challenge for the antirotational stabilizing muscles?
d. Kettlebell RDL
Which of the following is considered a component of NEAT?
c. Walking
The upper trapezius works with what muscle as a force couple to create upward rotation of the scapula?
b. Serratus anterior
Why is it important for fitness professionals to pay attention to their personal grooming when working in a fitness facility?
d. Personal trainers are professionals. Having a professional appearance can help ensure that clients treat personal trainers as the professionals they are.
If a Certified Personal Trainer helps a client make an action plan to enhance their confidence that they can exercise on their own, what determinant of behavior are they targeting?
a. Self-efficacy
The pathway for hormones secreted by the endocrine system may be described by which of the following?
b. The gland secretes the hormone, which travels through the bloodstream to reach a target cell, where it binds to a receptor and influences a particular action.
Compared to water-soluble vitamins, which of the following is true about fat-soluble vitamins?
b. Fat-soluble vitamins take longer to accumulate in and deplete from the body.
What is a characteristic of type I muscle fibers?
c. Type I fibers are "slow twitch."
Calcium is often associated with bone health, but why is it also important for muscular function?
c. It stimulates actin and myosin activity.
Which is involved in frontside mechanics?
b. Lead leg
Which component of blood is primarily responsible for clotting mechanisms?
a. Platelets
Which behavior change technique allows individuals to identify external triggers that lead them to behave in certain ways?
c. Self-monitoring
Which exercise is categorized as a total-body movement?
a. Ball squat, curl to press
Which exercise primarily strengthens the gastrocnemius and soleus?
b. Calf raise
Which physiological systems comprise the human movement system (HMS)?
c. The muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems
Which of the following modality/exercise combinations provides the most demands on explosive power?
d. Medicine ball chest pass [Show Less]