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1. The five components of physical health
ANS Cardiorespiratory conditioning, mus-cular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, body
composition
2. SPICES
ANS Social health, physical health, intellectual Health, cognitive health, emo-tional health,
spiritual health
3. Cardiorespiratory conditioning
ANS Endurance
4. Muscular endurance
ANS The amount of strength that can be repeated several times
5. Muscular strength
ANS The amount of strength in one repetition
6. Flexibility
ANS The range of motion in given joints
7. Body composition
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ANS The amount of body fat relative to the total weight or ascompared to the lean mass
8. What are three additional factors that are specific to the fitness regimens ofathletes and
sports teams?
ANS Agility, speed and Mobility
9. Intellectual health
ANS The capacity to assimilate and integrate new information intoone's thinking and thought
processes
10. Cognitive health
ANS Often grouped with mental health as it has mostly to do withhow we process information
in the brain. It includes the way we see, or concep- tualized, the world around it includes brain
functioning in the areas of conceptual and perceptual skill, language learning as well as many
other brain development functions
11. Emotional health
ANS Includes self-esteem, self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-image and our capacities to
deal with adversity and stress. This includes ourability to intimate, not just sexual, with a
significant other.
12. Spiritual health
ANS This is focused on the connection of ourselves with a higher power, a sense of purpose,
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self-actualization, and an inner Joy. It is often describedas self-acceptance, repentance for
misdeeds, a willingness to give to and forgive others and a desire to seek peace with the
community and World overall
13. Why is it important to touch on all things spices related as a personaltrainer?
ANS Think about it and perhaps write a blog post
14. What are the three categories of motivating factors for positive behavior-
ANS Predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors
15. Predisposing factors include
ANS Knowledge, attitude, believe, values and per-ceptions
16. Enabling factors
ANS Skills, resources, physical and mental capabilities
17. Reinforcing factors
ANS Praise from others comma rewards, encouragement andrecognition
18. Which factors does the personal trainer typically fall into
ANS Reinforcing fac-tors.We can recognize how the other two factors promote or inhibit positive
behaviorand we can work to reinforce positive behavior with forms of encouragement
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19. What are some things that can be added to life to invoke positive change?-
ANS Taking time for Meaningful reflection, reading a book, being creative, socializingwith
friends and family, adding a physical component and healthy eating to daily living
20. What areas of exercise therapy would require a highly trained exercise physiologist
or physician to prescribe appropriate regimens
ANS Cardiovasculardisease, respiratory disease, joint injury, or obesity / metabolic disorders
which include diabetes and hypertension
21. What is the purpose of muscles
ANS To produce Force, maintain posture, allow formovement and produces Heat
22. All muscle action originates and is controlled by what?
ANS The brain whichsends and receives signals through the nervous system
23. What gets pulled during a muscle contraction?
ANS Tendons, the strong connec-tive tissue that connects muscles to bones
24. What are the two points of muscle
ANS Origin and insertion
25. Define muscle origin
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