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NSCA Personal Trainer Exam Prep - Question List

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41. Your client can perform 2 more repetitions than the repetition goal on the last set for 2 consecutive sessions. According to the 2-for-2 rule, what does this indicate?
  1. Maximum effort is not being exerted.
  2. Repetitions should be increased gradually throughout all sets.
  3. Repetitions should be increased immediately throughout all sets.
  4. Load should be increased in all sets of that exercise the next session.
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42. What is the Karvonen formula used to calculate?
  1. Heart rate reserve based on age-predicted max heart rate
  2. Heart rate reserve based on resting heart rate
  3. Heart rate reserve based on resting heart rate and age-predicted max heart rate
  4. Heart rate reserve based on age-predicted max heart rate and target heart rate
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43. Which of the following is not a major advantage of interval training for aerobic endurance?
  1. It can be performed in quick sessions.
  2. It increases recovery time.
  3. It burns a lot of calories per workout.
  4. It allows more work to be performed.
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44. What occurs when the amortization phase is too long?
  1. The energy becomes dissipated as heat.
  2. The muscle action becomes even stronger.
  3. The concentric phase becomes equally as long.
  4. The muscle activity of the next phase increases.
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45. What types of specific preparatory actions should be taken prior to commencing plyometric training?
  1. Warming up all muscle to be involved
  2. Prior participation on some sort of resistance training
  3. Properly hydrating
  4. Being cleared for activity by a physician
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