A 40-year-old female client comes to work with an ACE certified Personal Trainer to lose body fat. The trainer designs a program that includes one session per week and four sessions per week on her own After three weeks, she Informs the trainer that she enjoys working with the trainer but has made it into the gym only once a week to work out independently. Which of the following would be MOST effective to motivate her to adhere to her program?
While evaluating a client's health-history questionnaire, an ACE certified Personal Trainer learns that the client had Knee surgery six month| ago. The client engaged in two weeks of physical therapy immediately after the procedure but has maintained a sedentary lifestyle since that time. The client reports that the knee now feels weak and unstable. Which of the following is MOST likely to have happened to the muscle tissue around the knee?
Which of the following is the BEST example of a process-oriented SMART goal for a client who is new to exercise?
Your new client complains of muscle soreness after two weeks of training. What would be an effective strategy to address this discomfort?
Which of the following is TRUE regarding the scope of practice of personal trainers who have gained extensive knowledge about the effects and contraindications of supplements through reading and continuing education?
When assessing your client's hip flexion using a passive supine straight leg raise, you discover there is less than 80' of motion on both right and left sides. This MOST likely indicates tightness in which muscles?
In a training program to develop power in an athlete, which of the following would optimize the athlete's power output?
After having the client perform a push-up exercise, a personal trainer wants to stretch the client's agonist muscles and strengthen the antagonist muscles at the shoulder. What joint action must the client perform in order to accomplish this?
After overcoming range-of-motion barriers, an ACE certified Personal Trainer introduces a machine-based resistance-training program consisting of push and pull (flexion and extension) exercises into the program of an elderly client. These exercises are performed in which plane of motion?
Which gland secretes hormones that increase oxygen uptake, increase heat production, and affect many metabolic functions'?