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ACE Personal Trainer ExamStatic Stretching - correct answer ✔✔Most common stretching technique
-Extending the targeted muscle group to its max point and holding it for 30 sec or more.
2 Forms:
-Active- Added force is applied by the individual
-Passive- Added force is applied by an external force
Dynamic Stretching - correct answer ✔✔-Continuous movement patterns that mimic the exercise or
sport to be performed.
-Purpose is to improve flexibility for a given sport or activity
Ballistic Stretching - correct answer ✔✔-Used for athletic drills
-Repeated bouncing movement to stretch targeted muscle group.
-Triggers stretch reflex and may increase risk for injury
-Safe if done from low to high-velocity and followed by static stretching
Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) - correct answer ✔✔-Held only 2 seconds at a time.
-Several sets with specific # of reps and gradually increase resistance by a few degrees each rep
Myofascial Release - correct answer ✔✔-Uses a foam roller (or something similar)
-Relieves tension and improves flexibility in the FASCIA (system of connective tissues that covers the
whole body) and underlying muscle. -Small continuous back-and-forth movements
-Over an area of 2-6 in. for 30-60 sec
-Amount of pressure is determined by client's pain tolerance
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) - correct answer ✔✔-Use of AUTOGENIC and
RECIPROCAL inhibition
-3 forms:
,-Hold-Relax
-Contract-Relax
-Hold-Relax with agonist contraction
Hold-Relax PNF - correct answer ✔✔1) Passive 10-sec pre-stretch
2) Hold and resist applied force, causing isometric contraction in the target muscle group, for 6 secs
3) Relax muscle group and passively stretch; hold for 30 sec to increase ROM
4) Greater stretch in final phase due to AUTOGENIC inhibition
Contract-Relax PNF - correct answer ✔✔1) Passive 10-sec pre-stretch
2) Trainer applies resistance, counteracting client's force of concentric contraction of target muscle
group, w/out completely restricting joint through its ROM.
3)Relax muscle group and passively stretch; hold for 30 sec to increase ROM
4) Greater stretch during final phase due to AUTOGENIC inhibition
Hold-Relax with Agonist Contraction PNF - correct answer ✔✔1)Relax muscle group and passively
stretch.
2) Concentrically contract opposing muscle group (of muscle group that's targeted); hold for 30 sec to
increase ROM
3) Greater stretch during final phase due to RECIPROCAL and AUTOGENIC inhibition
Health Risk Appraisal - correct answer ✔✔-A screening that addresses:
-signs and symptoms of disease
-risk factors
-family history
-Info can help ID the presence of CVD, Pulmonary, or other diseases.
PAR-Q - correct answer ✔✔-Brief, self-administered medical questionnaire
-Safe pre-exercise screening measure for low-to-moderate (but not vigorous) exercise training
,ACSM Risk Stratification - correct answer ✔✔-More comprehensive risk-factoring process
-Determined by # of points.
- 1 or less is LOW-RISK
- > or =2 is MEDIUM RISK
- Being symptomatic or having known disease is HIGH RISK
Suggestions for Low-Risk Individuals - correct answer ✔✔-Medical exam or Doctor supervision is not
necessary
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Suggestions for Moderate-Risk Individuals - correct answer ✔✔-Medical exam is not necessary for
moderate exercise but is recommended for vigorous exercise.
-No doctor supervision necessary for submaximal test but is recommended for maximal test.
Suggestions for High-Risk Individuals - correct answer ✔✔-Medical exam and doctor supervision is
recommended
Moderate-Intensity Exercise - correct answer ✔✔-40-60% of VO2R (VO2 Max - resting VO2) or HRR
-VT1 is recommended upper limit
Kinetic Chain - correct answer ✔✔-Combination of several successively arranged joints making a
complex motor unit.
-Either open or closed.
Open Kinetic Chain Movement - correct answer ✔✔-Combination of successively arranged joints that's
DISTAL aspect of extremity (end of chain farthest from body) moves freely and is not fixed to an object.
-I.E. Seated leg extension, Leg Curl, Bench Press, Dumbbell Biceps Curl, Lat Pull-Down
Closed Kinetic Chain Movement - correct answer ✔✔-DISTAL segment has external resistance and it
restrains movement
-Distal end of extremity is fixed, emphasizing joint compression and stabilizing the joint.
, -Considered more functional .
-I.E. Squat, Leg Press, Wall Slides, Lunges, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepper, Versa Climber, Push-ups
The Thomas Test - correct answer ✔✔-Quick/Simple assessment that examines length of muscles
involved in hip flexion
-Length helps determine tightness of primary hip flexor muscles (RECTUS FEMORIS, ILLIOPSOAS,
ILLIOTIBIAL band)
1) Have client sit on bench/table on their ISCHAL TUBEROSITY (the boney point we normally sit on)
2) Take client back until lying in supine position w/ less than 1/2 the thigh off bench/table. LUMBAR
region of back in contact w/ bench
3) Have client bring both knees toward chest and then release 1 leg so it's extended and touches bench
Good Flexibility in the ILLIOPSOAS - correct answer ✔✔Assessment of Thomas Test -
-What it means when client's lower leg touches the surface...?
The individual has tight hip flexors (including RECTUS FEMORIS, ILLIOPSOAS, and ILLIOTIBIAL BAND). -
correct answer ✔✔Assessment of Thomas Test -
-What it means when client's back of the leg is even slightly off the surface...?
Tight RECTUS FEMORIS (crosses the hip and knee joint) - correct answer ✔✔Assessment of Thomas Test
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-What it means when client's knee is bent 70 degrees or less
The ILLIOTIBIAL BAND is tight - correct answer ✔✔Assessment of Thomas Test -
- What it means when client's leg abducts or is angled outward during the test
False positive of the Thomas Test - ILLIOPSOAS will appear tight when not - correct answer ✔✔If client is
pulling their knee toward chest too far and there's a posterior tilt of pelvis, it will be a ...
False negative of the Thomas Test - hip flexors with appear fine when they aren't - correct answer ✔✔If
client is not pulling their knee back far enough, is lifting the LUMBAR back off the surface (LORDOSIS), or
creating a posterior pelvic tilt, it will be a ...
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