2024 NSCA CSCS Exercise Technique Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- Resistance machines do NOT improve
Answer: improve sports-specific movements and strength
- -They can be used easily without a spotter
-They can be particularly helpful for newer athletes to learn proper form and control the motion within the desired plane of movement -Athletes can ofter lift higher maximal weights and isolate specific muscles, improving absolute strength
Answer: Benefits of resistance machines
- Hands should be slightly wider than shoulder-width apart with the fingers held
together and thumbs under the shoulders.
Answer: Starting Blocks Optimal hand position
- Box jumps, depth jumps, and medicine ball throws are an example of what?
Answer: Plyometrics
- During agility exercises, weight should be concentrated on what part of the foot?
Answer: Forefoot
- Yoga does NOT improve
Answer: absolute strength
- What is the most challenging part of a strength exercise called?
Answer: Sticking point
- For most strength exercises, which of the following breathing patterns is
optimal?Answer: Exhale through the mouth during the concentric phase & inhale through the nose during the eccentric phase
- Mirrors and video analysis can be helpful for
Answer: providing visual feedback regarding form and technique
- NOT an adaptation to chronic cardiovascular conditioning
Answer: increased sub- maximal heart rate (heart rate actually decreases)
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- -increased heart chamber size & preload
-increased stroke volume -increased cardiac output -blood volume and hemoglobin content of the blood also increase
Answer: Adaptations to chronic cardiovascular conditioning
- Depth achieved during a squat is often limited by?
Answer: Achilles tendon tightness
- When using free weights, how many points of contact should be made for supine
and seated exercises?
Answer: 5
- Supinated grip
Answer: palms facing upward toward the face
- 5 points of contact for optimal body support during supine and seated exercises:
Answer:
- the head
- the shoulders and
- upper back are evenly placed
- the buttocks
- right and left foot are both placed flat on the floor
- Which athlete would benefit most from agility work on most days of the week?
Answer: Soccer Midfielder
- Which athlete would benefit most from plyometrics at least 3 days per week?
Answer: Hockey player
- Name of the grip pattern where palms face the floor and the knuckles face the
ceiling
Answer: Pronated grip
- Golgi Tendon organs are stimulated in PNF stretching and cause relaxation of
what?
Answer: The stretched muscle by its own contraction
- Activation of muscle spindles is decreased in which stretching method?-
Answer: Static
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