NASM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
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Blood
Acts as a medium to deliver and collect essential products to and from the tissues of the body.
Protein
Amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
Subjective Information
Information that is gathered from a prospective client to give the health and fitness professional
feedback regarding personal history such as occupation, lifestyle and medical background.
Program Design
A purposeful system or plan put together to help an individual achieve a specific goal.
Flexibility
The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow the full range of motion of a joint.
Nutrition
The sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and uses food substances.
Diabetes
Chronic metabolic disorder, in which the body's ability to produce insulin or to utilize glucose is altered
Rate of force production
How quickly a muscle can generate force
Superior
Positioned above a point of reference.
Dynamic Range of Motion
The combination of flexibility and the nervous system's ability to control this range efficiently.
Biomechanics
A study that uses principals of physics to quantitatively study how forces interact within a living body.
Dietary Supplement
A substance that completes or makes an addition to daily dietary intake.
,Proprioceptively enriched environment
An unstable (but controlled) environment where exercises are performed that causes the body to use its
internal balance and stabilization mechanisms
Reactive Training
Exercises that use quick, powerful movements involving an eccentric contraction immediately followed
by an explosive concentric contraction.
Obesity
Fastest growing health problem in the US
The Nervous System
It is a conglomeration of billions of cells forming nerves that are specifically designed to provide a
communication network within the human body
nervous system, skeletal system and muscular system
kinetic chain
Heart
Muscular pump that rhythmically contracts to push blood throughout the body
Dynamic Joint Stabilization
The ability of the kinetic chain to stabilize a joint during movement.
Speed
The ability to move the body in one intended direction as fast as possible.
The Core
The lumbo-pelvic -hip complex and the thoracic and cervical spine, where the body's center of gravity is
located
General Adaptation Syndrome
The kinetic chain's ability to adapt to stresses placed on it.
Multisensory Condition
Training environment that provides heightened stimulation to proprioceptors and mechanoreceptors.
Cardiorespiratory system
A system comprised of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
Rate of Force Production
Ability of muscles to exert maximal force output in a minimal amount of time.
, Acute Variables
Important components that specify how each exercise is to be performed.
Inferior
Positioned below a point of reference.
sensory function
The ability to sense changes in either external or internal environments
Neromuscular efficiency
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists, and stabilizers to work
synergistically and control the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
The average daily nutrient intake level that is estimated to meet the requirement of half the healthy
individuals who are in a particular life stage and gender group.
Controlled Instability
Training environment that is unstable as can safely be controlled by an individual.
Blood Vessel
A hollow tube that allows blood to be transported to and from the heart
General Warm-Up
A low intensity exercise consisting of movements that do not necessarily relate to the more intense
exercise that is to follow.
Hypertension
blood pressure of 140/90 or higher
integrative function
The ability to analyze and interpret sensory information to allow for proper decision making, which
produces appropriate response
Repetition (Rep)
One complete movement of a single exercise.
Distal
Positioned farthest from the center of the body.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
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