NASM STUDY COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022/2023

Subjective Information - Answer - Information that is gathered from a prospective client to give the health and fitness professional feedback regarding personal history such as occupation, lifestyle and medical background. Program Design - Answer - A purposeful system or plan put together to help an individual achieve a specific goal. Biomechanics - Answer - A study that uses principals of physics to quantitatively study how forces interact within a living body. Dietary Supplement - Answer - A substance that completes or makes an addition to daily dietary intake. Proprioceptively enriched environment - Answer - An unstable (but controlled) environment where exercises are performed that causes the body to use its internal balance and stabilization mechanisms Reactive Training - Answer - Exercises that use quick, powerful movements involving an eccentric contraction immediately followed by an explosive concentric contraction. Obesity - Answer - Fastest growing health problem in the US The Nervous System - Answer - It is a conglomeration of billions of cells forming nerves that are specifically designed to provide a communication network within the human body nervous system, skeletal system and muscular system - Answer - kinetic chain Heart - Answer - Muscular pump that rhythmically contracts to push blood throughout the body Dynamic Joint Stabilization - Answer - The ability of the kinetic chain to stabilize a joint during movement. Speed - Answer - The ability to move the body in one intended direction as fast as possible. The Core - Answer - The lumbo-pelvic -hip complex and the thoracic and cervical spine, where the body's center of gravity is located Flexibility - Answer - The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allow the full range of motion of a joint.