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ACSM Guidelines(question & answers)graded A+ 2023ACSM is aka? - correct answer American College of Sports Medicine Physical activity is - correct answer unstructured and unplanned Movement that elevates heart rate above baseline What includes any activity that gets you up and moving throughout the day? Examples: grocery shopping, mowing the lawn, shoveling the driveway - correct answer Physical activity Exercise is - correct answer planned series of coordinated movements specifically i...

11 ACSM guidelines

11 ACSM guidelines

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ACSM GEI Chapter 8 (Guidelines for Special Conditions) Exam Questions & Answers 2024 When is exercise contraindicated for pregnant women - ANSWER-When pregnant women experience specific complications with pregnancy, including specific forms of: *heart and lung diseases *cervical pain/injury *a multiple pregnancy that is at risk for premature birth *vaginal bleeding *a history of preterm labor *premature rupture of membranes *high blood pressure Pregnant women who do not have any...

11 ACSM guidelines

ACSM Certification Review, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Graded A+ Underweight is classified as a body mass index of - -< 18.5 kg*m^2 When measuring regional body circumferences, an average of duplicate measured is used provided that those measurements do not differ by more than - -5mm Which of the following represents the demarcation point of a very high health risk for young women when using waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)? - ->0.86 Which of the following is accepted ...

example of why we use HRR instead of MHR - 2 30 year olds: A= resting HR of 40 bpm, B=resting HR of 90 bpm MHR is same: 220-30=190 bpm +/- 10 HRR: 190-40=150; 190-90=100 exercise at 60% at MHR: 114 for both, A will have to work harder to get there 60% of HRR: 150*0.6=90, 90+40=130; 100*.6=60, 60+90=150 ACSM Guidelines Exercise volume - 500-1000 MET-min/wk (MET-min: multiply mets by how many min) achieve at least 7,000 steps (100 steps/min very rough estimate of mod intensity) FITT - Fre...

ACSM GUIDELINE FOR EXERCISE TESTING AND PRESCRIPTION/ APPROVED physical activity (definition) - -Any bodily movement produced by the contraction of skeletal muscles that results in a substantial increase in caloric requirements over resting energy expenditure exercise (definition) - -A type of physical activity consisting of planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve and/or maintain one or more components of physical fitness physical fitness (definition) - -abil...

ACSM Guidelines