Definitions
Professional Empathy
What is when a health and fitness professional demonstrates understanding and acceptance towards the client?
These type of questions invite clients to give the professional more information, tell their stories, and paint a broader picture.
What are open ended questions?
Any bodily movement, especially movement involving large muscle groups and an elevated (above resting) level of energy expenditure
What is physical activity?
Mindfulness
What is focusing on the present moment and breathing, and practicing nonjudgmental awareness of one’s physical and psychological experience?
Cultural Awareness
What is when people notice the external signs indicating that another person may be from a different cultural background?
Valence
What are moods categorized into?
Scope of Practice
What is a Health and fitness professional must adhere strictly to the guidelines of their certification?
A type of physical activity performed with the intention of improving physical fitness and/or sport performance.
What is exercise?
Smoking, drinking alcohol, binge eating.
What are maladaptive ways to deal with stress?
In resource-rich countries, rates of obesity tend to be highest among these groups.
What are most disadvantaged?
Sedentary Lifestyle
What is doing too much sitting?
Do NOT do this to learn about clients’ backgrounds.
Make assumptions.
Exercise Adherence
What is following, and not dropping out of, an exercise program?
To change or eliminate the source of stress or deal with a problem directly, use this type of coping strategy
What is problem focused?
Err on the side of being polite, ask client permission before touching them, and wear modest clothing.
What are ways that health and fitness professionals can try to display professional behavior at all times and be culturally sensitive?
Self- Regulation
What is ability to control one's behavior, emotions, and thoughts in the pursuit of long-term goals?
Planning Fallacy
What is when people consistently underestimate the time, money, and energy required to accomplish their goals?
Examples of self-monitoring.
What are journaling, tracking, and recording?
What are increased heart rate, dilated pupils, increased respiration, increased perspiration, and tensed muscles?
Acronym that is used for the variable that includes influence from a person’s income level, employment variables, and education level.
What is SES?
A possible negative effect of exercise.
What is compulsion?
Suggestions for exercise when a client is short on time and needs to reduce stress.
What are exercising with a friend, finding an enjoyable activity, encourage present moment awareness, and viewing as exercise as a break?
An example of an affirmation, a statement that reinforce clients’ strengths and accomplishments or indicate that they are making progress.
Answers will vary.
One way exercise manages stress.
What is reduces negative mood states, enjoyable, etc?
The phenomenon created by poverty in the richer countries encouraging obesity.
What is the obesity poverty paradox?