chapter 22 nasm

Which of the following modality/exercise combinations provides the most freedom of movement in the transverse plane?

Elastic band woodchop

When compared to machines, free weights provide which of the following benefits to users?

Increased multiplanar movement

Proper abdominal crunches on a stability ball allows for:

Increased spinal extension due to the curvature of the ball

Which of the following is considered one of the Four Horsemen of Fitness?

Medicine ball

Which of the following exercises may increase inaccurate readings while utilizing a wrist-worn heart rate monitor?

Medicine ball catch and pass

Which of the following modality/exercise combinations provides the most demands on explosive power?

Medicine ball chest pass

Which of the following modalities is most likely to allow for strength and/or power development in the transverse plane?

Medicine balls

Which of the following statements is the most accurate when discussing strength-training machines?

Not all strength-training machines are designed to fit all body types and thus can limit the effectiveness of the intended exercise.

Kettlebell exercises have proven extremely beneficial in the development in which plane or of which chain?

Posterior chain

Antirotational exercises are often this sort of movement by nature.

Unilateral

When performing high-velocity movements with medicine balls, the ball weight should be no more than what percentage of the user's body weight, according to current recommendations?

10%

Kettlebells were first used in which setting?

As a unit of measurement on market and farming scales

Which of the following modalities has the potential to be used effectively in every phase of the OPT model?

Cable machines

Most bodyweight training exercises are considered which type of movements?

Closed-chain movements

Which of the following are the correct five kinetic chain checkpoints when utilizing kettlebells?

Feet, knees, hips, shoulders, head

When discussing suspended bodyweight training, which of the following is the most accurate statement?

It increases flexibility and joint mobility

Which of the following exercises provides the most challenge for the antirotational stabilizing muscles?

Kettlebell RDL

Using battle ropes is considered which sort of exercise?

Low-impact activity

Which modality allows for movements to occur as explosively as possible without the need for eccentric deceleration?

Medicine ball

A Certified Personal Trainer may seek further proprioceptive development in which of the following phases?

Phase 1

In which phase of the OPT model would suspended bodyweight training be the most desirable for optimal outcomes?

Phase 2

Selectorized machines provide all the following benefits except for which one?

Provide an increased range of motion

During the standing cable chest press, the resistance should be positioned to do what?

Resist shoulder horizontal adduction

Which of the following modalities will provide the most benefits to Phases 1, 4 and 5 of the OPT model?

Sandbags

Which of the following modalities is the least likely to increase joint instability?

Strength machines

Core stability is best described as:

The ability to resist external resistance in the lumbar spine while the extremities are actively moving

Proprioception is best described as which of the following statements?

The body's ability to sense body position and limb movements

Rotational movement of the torso should primarily occur where?

Thoracic spine