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CanFitPro Personal Training Specialist Theory Exam Questions With Verified Answers What are the 5 stages of behavioural change? - answerPrecontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance In which stage of change would a PTS discuss health risks, myths and fears, and provide client with general education? - answerPrecontemplation In which stage of change would a PTS make a list of advantages related to regular exercise, provide clear recommendations, and build the client's...

Canfitpro Exam Prep Questions With 100% Correct Answers How many calories in a gram of carbohydrates ? - answer4 How many calories are in 1lbs of fat? - answer3500 What does RICE stand for? - answerrest, ice, compression, elevation What are the 5 SMART goals? - answerSpecific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time sensitive What does EPOC stand for? - answerexcess post-exercise oxygen consumption What is a compound exersice? - answermulti-joint exercises that works several muscle o...

Training - Answer It is a systematic process of repetitive, progressive exercise of work, involving the learning process and acclimation. Training - Answer It is a systematic method of physical conditioning False - Answer [True or False] Before an individual perform an activity, he should not know the guidelines in doing the activity. Individualisation - Answer Exercise should be specific to the individual completing the training. Individualisation - Answer Performers respo...

Improper posture is caused by shortned muscles which leads to less ROM on movements and improper form - Answer Discuss how posture can effect atainment of goals Slouching to one side could mean he has tight hip flexors or pre dominantly on one side, or carrying a bag on that side - Answer Educates client on possible causes of postural faults Standing on dominate leg, could mean tight hip flexors, one side of body is more active during day to day life - Answer Identifies postural faul...

Define Bioenergetics - Answer the study of how energy flows in the human body Define energy - Answer the ability to do physical work Define homeostasis - Answer the state of stability or balance where all body functions occur easily and the demand for energy is comfortable met by the supply of available energy. AKA steady state Define metabolism - Answer sum of all chemical reactions in the body that either use or create energy with the combination of anabolic and catabolic proc...

4 characteristics of muscle tissue - Answer excitability, contractility, extensibility, elasticity 3 types of muscle tissue - Answer skeletal, cardiac, smooth functions of muscle tissue - Answer Skeletal muscle: connects to the skeletal system by being attached to 2 bones Cardiac muscle: interconnected so when one cell contracts, all contracts Smooth muscle: found in organs of digestive, urinary and circulatory system. Works collectively or independently How many skeletal muscl...

Optimal health perspective - Answer includes the pursuit of enhanced quality of life, personal growth, and individual potential through positive lifestyle behaviours and attitudes Transtheoretical Model of Change - Answer precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, reversibility precontemplation stage - Answer the stage of change in which a person might develop increased awareness of an opportunity but is not yet thinking seriously about making the change Co...

Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance - Answer What are the 5 stages of behavioural change? Precontemplation - Answer In which stage of change would a PTS discuss health risks, myths and fears, and provide client with general education? Contemplation - Answer In which stage of change would a PTS make a list of advantages related to regular exercise, provide clear recommendations, and build the client's self-confidence? Preparation - Answer In which s...

Name the first regression of a squat? - Answer Leg press What is PROM and APROM? - Answer passive range of motion (someone helps you do the movement) and active range of motion (you do the movement on your own) What are the two protein filaments that slide over each other during a muscle contraction (sliding filament theory) - Answer actin (thin filaments) and myosin (thick filaments) Where is the biceps femoris located? Name an opposing muscle - Answer located in the lateral si...

How many calories in a gram of carbohydrates ? - Answer 4 How many calories are in 1lbs of fat? - Answer 3500 What does RICE stand for? - Answer rest, ice, compression, elevation What are the 5 SMART goals? - Answer Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time sensitive What does EPOC stand for? - Answer excess post-exercise oxygen consumption What is a compound exersice? - Answer multi-joint exercises that works several muscle or groups at once Name 5 comp...