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L3 PT – Planning Exercise Programme Design for Personal Training Clients – Unit 3 (Exam)
1. Which of the following should personal trainers consider prior to delivering a personal training programme?
If the client will lose weight in this environment
Use a venue that costs as little as possible
No considerations needed when choosing a venue
Suitability of the environment to meet their client’s needs
2. Which of the following shows the importance of clients understanding the advantages of personal training?
So that the client keeps paying
So that the client understands the pivotal role the personal trainer plays in their long-term behaviour change
So the client to boast about their personal trainer to others
This is not an important aspect of personal training
3. Which of the following is applicable to who should set goals for the client?
The Personal trainer should select all goals for the client
It’s not important who selects the goals
So that the personal trainer can have a highlight reel of goals their clients have achieved
The goals should be decided between the client and personal trainer to create a client trainer partnership and not a trainer dictatorship
4. Which of the following shows the importance of building a rapport with personal training clients?
So that the personal trainer can push them harder each session
So that the client trusts the personal trainer to help steer them to success
So that the client will continue to pay for sessions
A rapport isn’t important
5. Which of the following shows the importance of long-term behaviour change in developing client fitness?
In order for the client can take responsibility of their own fitness journey
Long term behaviour change is not important only short-term behaviours
So that the client continues to repeat business with the client
Only short-term focus is needed
6. Which of the following generate a motivational environment for communication with the client?
The personal trainer should do most of the talking and delivering of information
The personal trainer should set all the goals
Open ended questions that has the client do most of the talking
The personal trainer should tell the client all about the previous successes they have had
7. Which of the following information should be collected in the initial client consultation?
1RM back squat 1RM Deadlift 1RM Bench
Medical history, training experience, likes and dislikes
Who the client’s previous personal trainer was
Skinfold test results
8. Which of the following shows how to select the most appropriate methods of collecting client information according to client needs?
The personal trainers preference
The method of collecting information isn’t important as long as the information is collected
Fitness tests
Clients current fitness levels to ensure it best suits them
9. Identify factors which can affect the validity and reliability of client assessment data.
Type of assessment, any equipment used, time of day, stress levels, nutritional habits in previous 24 hrs
There are no factors that can affect the validity of the tests
The day of the week that the assessments are done
The clients training preferences
10. Explain how to analyse client responses to the Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
As long as the client says they feel ok they can exercise
If the client has answered yes to 1 or more of the questions a medical referral should be made
The PAR-Q is optional
The PAR-Q is just for the personal trainer’s peace of mind
11. Which of the following shows how to use the risk stratification tools based upon client observations and data collection?
Personal trainers can use risk stratification when they have put the client through a series of vigorous fitness tests
Personal trainers can use risk stratifications once they have conducted a skin fold test and take a client’s blood pressure
The risk stratification should only be used on a people over the age of 59
Personal trainers can stratify risk using variables such as age, risk factors and symptoms suggestive of disease
12. Which of the following is a benefit of exercise for those with medically controlled conditions?
There are no benefits for those with a medically controlled condition
Increases medical intervention
Lowers risk of disease
Increases risk of disease
13. Which of the following is a risk of exercise for those with medically controlled conditions?
Working with a trainer who isn’t suitably qualified, and the exercise being delivered at excessive intensities
Not working hard enough
Lowering their resting heart rate
Lowering their blood pressure
14. Which of the following describes when personal trainers should refer clients to another professional?
The personal trainer does not need to refer the client to another professional at any stage
Let the client know you can deal with all their needs
When the client’s needs are outside the personal trainer’s scope of practice
Referrals should only be made when it involves complex medical needs
15. Which of the following methods should be use when helping the client to set goals?
Open-ended long-term goals
Short term goals only
SMART Goals
Setting goals isn’t always necessary
16. Which of the following is a key principle of programme design?
Resistance training first
Warm up, main session, cool down
Cardiovascular training first
Stretch before starting the session
17. Which of the following is a key principle of programme design?
Large compound, complex and skilled exercises earlier in the session
Favourite exercise first
No importance to the order of exercises
Client’s preference of exercises first
18. Which of the following is a key principle of programme design?
Use the client’s favourite exercise
Promote muscular balance throughout the body when designing training programmes
Must train upper and lower body separately
Train only one body part per session
19. Which of the following is a key principle of programme design?
The client should train as many times as possible in a week
Training frequency should meet the needs and the current fitness levels of the client
No consideration needs to be given to frequency of training
Training should be planned to suit the personal trainers needs
20. Which of the following exercises develops Cardiovascular fitness?
Deadlifts
Rowing
Upper body giant sets
Lower body resistance training
21. Which of the following develops muscular fitness?
Running
Swimming
Progressive overload in a resistance training programme
Cardiovascular interval training
22. Which of the following develops mobility?
Incorporating exercises that actively take joints to their end range of motion
Cardiovascular training
Resistance training
Swimming
23. Which of the following develops Motor skills?
Heavy strength training
Exercises designed to improve balance
Muscular endurance resistance training
Pull ups
24. Which of the following exercises specifically develops Core stability?
Lunges
Push ups
Famers Carry
Squats
25. Which of the following exercises develops functional fitness to support activities in daily life?
Plank
Farmers carry
Squats
Press ups
26. Which of the following must be considered when designing programmes that can be run in environments not designed specifically for exercise?
The safety of the environment
Is it suitable for the personal trainer
Is it suitable to the client’s goals
Can the client train hard in this environment
27. Which of the following adaptations could be made to a training programme where goals are not being achieved and new goals have been identified?
Adjustments top the frequency, intensity, time, or type of training
The personal trainer should make the client train more often
Increase the weights so the client forces the progression
Increase the amount of cardio the client is doing if they are not meeting their weight loss targets
28. Which of the following identifies the ascending pyramid advanced training approach?
Heavy resistance to light resistance, each set performed with a lighter load and more repetitions
Two exercises back-to-back
Light resistance to heavy resistance, each set performed with a heavier load and fewer repetitions
Three exercises back-to-back
29. Which of the following identifies the Antagonistic supersets training approach?
Two exercises performed back-to-back with no rest working the same muscle group
Three exercises back-to-back with no rest
Two exercises performed back-to-back with no rest working opposing muscle groups
Multiple exercises performed back-to-back with no rest
30. Which of the following identifies the Same muscle supersets training approach?
Two exercises performed back-to-back with no rest working the same muscle group
Three exercises back-to-back with no rest
Two exercises performed back-to-back with no rest working opposing muscle groups
Multiple exercises performed back-to-back with no rest
31. Which of the following identifies the Giant sets training approach?
Two exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
Three exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
Four exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
Five exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
32. Which of the following identifies the Tri sets training approach?
Two exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
Three exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
Four exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
Five exercises performed back-to-back working the same muscle group
33. Which of the following identifies the forced repetitions advanced training approach?
Training to failure all the time
Being forced to do reps when the client doesn’t want to
Designed to help the client push past a point of concentric failure with minimal amounts of assistance from the personal trainer
When a client fails a repetition
34. Which of the following identifies the pre-exhaust advanced training approach?
Compound exercise followed by an isolation exercise
A superset of two compound exercises
Two isolation exercises performed back-to-back
Isolation exercise followed by a compound exercise
35. Which of the following identifies the post exhaust advanced training approach?
Compound exercise followed by an isolation exercise
A superset of two compound exercises
Two isolation exercises performed back-to-back
Isolation exercise followed by a compound exercise
36. Which of the following identifies the circuit resistance training?
Full body training approach with exercises performed back-to-back with little or no rest
A method only suitable to muscular endurance goals
A method only suitable to cardiovascular exercises
Two exercises back-to-back for several rounds with no rest
37. Which of the following identifies the negative (eccentric) advanced training approach?
Control the concentric portion of the movement for 3 – 5 seconds
Control the concentric and eccentric portion of the movement for 3 – 5 seconds
A super set
Control the eccentric portion of the movement for 3 – 5 seconds
38. Which of the following is an advantage of different training systems?
A variety of training systems will help achieve progressive overload
Stop the client getting bored
Make the personal trainer look good
Have no effect
39. Which of the following would be an adaptation a personal trainer needs to make in small group personal training over 1-2-1 personal training?
Plan a session easily adjustable to meet a variety of client needs
No change from a 1-2-1 session
Instruct louder
Focus on the weakest participant
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