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ACSM Personal Trainer

Category - Exercise Programming and Implementation

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What is the principle of specificity?
  1. Exercise programs should not use the same exercise stimulus every session.
  2. Increase the load or volume of exercise as the client progresses
  3. Only the muscles being actively trained will change in response to a training program.
  4. Prioritize specific goals during each training cycle
Explanation
Answer: C - The principle of progressive overload states that load or volume of exercise should increase as the client progresses, and the principle of variation in training states that an exercise program should not use the same stimulus every session. The principle of prioritization of training states that specific goals should be prioritized for each cycle.
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