Practice Exam

1. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into top and bottom?

2. How many repetitions are usually recommended for building muscular endurance?

3. How many days per week should you recommend exercise for an experienced lifter?

4. Breathing should be performed as inhaling as the muscles lengthen and exhaling as the muscles contract.

5. You should always keep a current CPR certification when training clients.

6. The frontal plane explains the division of the body between front and back.

7. Popular reasons why free weights are better than machines include:

8. Quadriceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a leg extension. What is the antagonist muscle?

9. Which training principle describes the practice of gradually adding more resistance so there is enough stimulus to grow?

10. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

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