Gym Trainer Best Practices

Question 1

What should you do if you find out after your initial evaluation that your client has rotator cuff tendinitis?

Accepted Answer

Create a modified workout regimen for the customer without receiving physician approval before you start training them.

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Without a doctor's approval, you can start training the client and create the same fitness regimen for them as you would for any other client.

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Start the client's training sessions without a doctor's okay and make an effort to use prescribed exercises to treat their rotator cuff tendonitis.

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Encourage the client to seek approval from their GP before starting a structured fitness program with you.

Question 2

Diabetes affects one of your newest clients. How ought you to deal with such condition?

Accepted Answer

Both b and c.

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Obtain her signature on a unique liability release form.

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Keep quick-acting sugars on hand in case she experiences hypoglycemia.

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Before you start each session, check her blood sugar.

Question 3

A client of yours wants to increase his muscular strength. He is a healthy, young man who has never been injured and has no known medical conditions. What medication ought to you administer to him?

Accepted Answer

Low reps with a heavy weight

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Low reps with a light weight

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High weight and repetitions

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Low weight and lots of reps

Question 4

A client wants to gain muscle while maintaining the best possible health. What therapy should you suggest?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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A regimen of resistance training

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An exercise program for the heart and lungs

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A program for mobility and adaptability

Question 5

Your client wants to strengthen his grasp. Which workout from the list below will achieve this the least?

Accepted Answer

The barbell overhead press

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The barbell conventional deadlift

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The chin up

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The dumbbell farmer's walk

Question 6

What should you avoid if a client has stage II hypertension?

Accepted Answer

Putting their head below their heart exercises.

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Putting their head above their heart exercises.

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Exercises that align the heart with the head.

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Increasing their heart rate with exercise.

Question 7

How does periodization work?

Accepted Answer

A systematic sequence of resistance training that purposefully alters the acute training variables.

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A technique for adapting training to take into account variations in the client's perceived effort level as they advance.

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A method of altering the distance between training sessions in regimens that focus solely on aerobic exercise.

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A method of altering intensity in solely anaerobic training regimens between training days.