Gym Trainer Gym Training Principles 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The principle of progressive overload requires that you do what over time?
- Gradually increase training stress on the body (Correct answer)
- Keep the same weight every session
- Reduce volume each week
- Train to failure on every set
Correct answer: Gradually increase training stress on the body
Progressive overload means gradually increasing demands like load, reps, or volume to drive continued adaptation.
Question 2: The SAID principle stands for which of the following?
- Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (Correct answer)
- Strength And Intensity Determine
- Systematic Aerobic Interval Design
- Skill Acquisition In Development
Correct answer: Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands
SAID means the body adapts specifically to the type of demand placed on it.
Question 3: Which principle explains why training benefits are lost when a client stops exercising?
- Reversibility (Correct answer)
- Specificity
- Individuality
- Overload
Correct answer: Reversibility
The reversibility principle (use it or lose it) means adaptations decline once training stops.
Question 4: The principle of individuality means that:
- Each client responds differently to the same program (Correct answer)
- Everyone should follow identical routines
- Only genetics determine results
- Programs never need adjustment
Correct answer: Each client responds differently to the same program
Individuality recognizes that genetics, age, and experience cause people to adapt at different rates.
Question 5: Periodization in training primarily refers to:
- Planned variation of training variables over time (Correct answer)
- Resting between every rep
- Training only one muscle per month
- Avoiding all rest days
Correct answer: Planned variation of training variables over time
Periodization is the systematic planning of intensity, volume, and exercise selection across cycles.
Question 6: Which acute variable refers to the number of times an exercise is performed per set?
- Repetitions (Correct answer)
- Frequency
- Tempo
- Rest interval
Correct answer: Repetitions
Repetitions are the count of completed movements within a single set.
Question 7: The GAS model (General Adaptation Syndrome) describes how the body responds in which order?
- Alarm, resistance, exhaustion (Correct answer)
- Exhaustion, alarm, resistance
- Resistance, exhaustion, alarm
- Alarm, exhaustion, recovery
Correct answer: Alarm, resistance, exhaustion
Selye's GAS model progresses from alarm, to resistance (adaptation), to exhaustion if stress is excessive.
Gym Trainer Gym Training Principles 2
The principle of progressive overload requires that you do what over time?