Chapter 1
This credential involves completion of an education or training program on a specific topic and is awarded after attendance and/or completion of coursework.
What is a certificate.
A GFI is working with a potential participant to gauge their interest level and stage of change. The participant discloses that their doctor advised them to start being more active and encouraged them to find an enjoyable format for exercise. The participant also mentions that they don’t feel unhealthy and don’t really see the need to be more active. What stage of change BEST represents this individual’s mindset?
What is precontemplation?
A GFI includes jumping jacks, lateral lunges, and side steps with a resistance loop in a workout. These movements occur in which plane of motion?
What is the fontal plane?
Because it is not possible to be everywhere or help every member of a group fitness class at the same time, encouraging participants to work at their own pace and use appropriate intensity-monitoring techniques is beneficial because _______________.
What is "it helps promote independence and self-responsibility"?
Demonstrate a bend and lift: squat.
What is correctly demonstrating a squat or squat variation.
This is a mandatory process by which a government agency grants a time-limited permission to an individual to engage in an occupation.
What is licensure?
The ACE RRAMP Approach™ is built upon the tenets of ____________
What is Respect, recognition, alignment, mistakes, participant?
A GFI incorporates squats during a lower-body resistance-training segment. The squat and variations of this exercise (e.g., dumbbell squat, front squat, and plie squat) are an example of what type of exercise?
What is closed chain?
A GFI is teaching a circuit class and notices a new class participant’s form during the dumbbell squat exercise is deteriorating. What is the MOST appropriate recommendation the GFI can make?
What is reduce the intensity of the exercise?
Demonstate a rotation or anti-rotation movement.
Correctly demonstrating rotation/anti-rotation movement.
This describes the legal range of services that professionals in a given field can provide.
What is scope of practice?
Perceived susceptibility and perceived seriousness are components of the _______________
_______________ is the ability to maintain or control joint movement or position, whereas _______________ is the range of uninhibited movement around a joint or body segment.
What is joint stability and joint mobility?
What are the three on-the-spot indicators that help GFIs gauge participants’ potential limitations and alert the GFI to the type of exercise progressions and regressions that may be needed.
What is age, posture, and new participation?
Demonstrate an exercise for the glute max.
Demonstrate a glute exercise.
This is when it's appropriate for GFIs to operate outside of the scope of practice.
What is never?
You observe another GFI interacting with a participant after class. You see the GFI connect with the participant by empathizing with them and asking clarifying questions. What is the GFI demonstrating?
what is Reflective listening
In a group fitness class, participants perform the following exercises: forward lunge with trunk rotation, squat with lateral shoulder raise, and step touch with a front shoulder raise. These movements are BEST described as _______________ exercises.
What is multiplanar?
What scale provides a subjective score that reflects the relative difficulty of breathing perceived by a participant in a group fitness class?
What is the dyspnea scale?
Demonstrate a vertical pull movement.
Demonstrate a vertical pull exercise.
This is the PRIMARY purpose of professional certification programs?
What is to award credentials to individuals who meet the requirements to practice in the professional role and protect the public from harm
These question invites individuals to think deeper before responding.
What are Open-ended questions?
A GFI tells their class that they will be focusing on rotational movements during the workout. The workout includes cross punches, bicycle crunches, and lunges with trunk rotation. These exercises occur in which plane of motion?
What is the sagittal plane?
A rating of 12 to 13 on the Borg 6 to 20 RPE scale, or a 5-6 on the category ratio sclae, corresponds to approximately what percentage of maximal heart rate?
64-76%
Demonstrate an exercise for the levator scapulae.
Correctly demonstrate a levator scapulae movement.