ACE personal training certification Complete Questions & Answers!!

Define intrinsic and extrinsic motivation - ANSWER Intrinsic is exercising for the pure joy of working out. Extrinsic is exercising for any other reason. Give an example of intrinsic and extrinsic feedback - ANSWER Intrinsic: Client adjusts his own workout based on his perception of difficulty Extrinsic: Trainer gives performance feedback Define situational and contextual motivation - ANSWER Situational: How the client feels during exercise Contextual: How the client feels, sees, thinks about exercise Name 5 strategies for dealing with negative social influencers - ANSWER Avoid, deal with person after workout, explain to the person how the negativity affects your workout, anticipate responding to the nsi, get that person involved with your struggle Name 3 types of high risk relapsers - ANSWER People with poor time management skills, lack of social support, busy schedules 5 personal attributes influencing exercise participation and adherence - ANSWER Demographic: Age, education, income, gender Health status: sick people or people with heart disease diabetes ect exercise less Activity history: past exercise participation Psychological traits: self motivated Knowledge attitudes and beliefs: health perception 2 Environmental factors that influence exercise participation and adherence - ANSWER Access to facilities: Location