Ch 15 - Introduction to exercise modalities

Question 1

A client is looking for a simple way to make bodyweight exercises more proprioceptively challenging. Which of the following modalities would be most appropriate for this?

Answer 1

Suspension training

Question 2

Which of the following is appropriate when spotting during a bench press?

Answer 2

Determine the amount of repetitions before performing the set.

Question 3

Which of the following statements is correct regarding proper spotting technique for a client using a machine?

Answer 3

Never spot underneath the weight stack

Question 4

Which of the following is the most appropriate spotting technique for a dumbbell chest press?

Answer 4

Place the hands close to the client’s wrists.

Question 5

Resistance should be positioned to resist shoulder horizontal adduction during which of the following exercises?

Answer 5

Standing cable chest press

Question 6

Which of the following was developed by a Russian scientist in the training of cosmonauts to decrease the loss of muscle and bone mass while in space?

Answer 6

Vibration training

Question 7

Which of the following is a flat-bottomed cast iron ball with a handle?

Answer 7

Which of the following is a flat-bottomed cast iron ball with a handle?

Question 8

Which of the following differs from a barbell or a medicine ball in that the center of mass is away from the handle?

Answer 8

Kettlebell

Question 9

What can be thrown, caught, and used to provide resistance for a variety of movements, in a variety of planes of motion, and at a variety of velocities?

Answer 9

Medicine balls