Technology & Digital Tools Flashcards
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When a CFP uses force plate technology to assess a client's jump performance, which variable BEST indicates reactive strength and stretch-shortening cycle efficiency?
Answer: Reactive Strength Index (RSI)
RSI (jump height divided by contact time) directly measures the quality of the stretch-shortening cycle by quantifying how high someone jumps relative to ground contact time.
A client's fitness app flags an 'elevated resting heart rate' for three consecutive mornings. What is the MOST appropriate CFP response?
Answer: Reduce training intensity and assess potential causes such as illness, stress, or inadequate sleep
A persistently elevated resting HR is a common autonomic sign of incomplete recovery, warranting reduced training stress and lifestyle investigation before continuing.
Which feature in modern exercise prescription software MOST helps a CFP ensure periodization principles are applied correctly?
Answer: Macrocycle/mesocycle planning views that visualize volume and intensity across weeks
Macro/mesocycle planning views allow the CFP to map volume and intensity waves across training blocks, ensuring planned overload, deload, and peaking phases are correctly structured.
A CFP is evaluating two fitness apps: App A uses METS from a database to estimate calorie burn, while App B uses real-time HR to estimate calorie burn. Which is generally MORE accurate and why?
Answer: App B, because HR reflects individual cardiovascular response rather than average population values
HR-based calorie estimation accounts for individual cardiovascular fitness and effort level, making it more accurate than MET database values averaged from population studies.
What is the primary purpose of using a movement screening app (e.g., digitized FMS) before programming for a new client?
Answer: To identify movement dysfunctions and asymmetries that may require exercise modification or corrective work
Movement screening apps digitize functional assessment to systematically identify compensatory movement patterns that should inform exercise selection and corrective strategies.
Which data visualization format is MOST effective when showing a client their heart rate zone distribution over a 4-week training block?
Answer: A stacked bar chart showing percentage of time spent in each zone per week
A stacked bar chart allows the client to see both the distribution across zones and changes in zone allocation week over week within a single visualization.
A CFP uses an online client management platform. Which security practice is MOST important for protecting client health data?
Answer: Using unique, strong passwords and enabling two-factor authentication on the platform
Unique strong passwords combined with two-factor authentication are foundational cybersecurity practices that protect sensitive client health information from unauthorized access.