GLPTI LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
RATED A+
✔✔Benefits of resistance training - ✔✔Improved muscle strength and tone - to protect
your joints from injury.
Maintaining flexibility and balance, which can help you remain independent as you age.
Weight management and increased muscle-to-fat ratio - as you gain muscle, your body
burns more kilojoules when at rest.
✔✔Muscular strength vs Muscular power vs Muscular endurance - ✔✔Muscular
strength- the ability to exert maximal force in one single contraction
Muscular power- great force production over a short period of time
Muscular endurance- The ability to extend and contract throughout a prolonged period
of time
✔✔FITT in terms of resistance training - ✔✔Frequency- How many reps, sets, sessions,
splits
Intensity- Hypertrophy, endurance, strength
Time- Rest between sets, goal setting
Type- Machines, free weights, cables etc...
✔✔Flexibility and mobility - ✔✔Flexibility- Refers to the absolute range of motion, or
relative range of motion, of a joint as a result of muscles that cross the joint
Mobility- Means to be capable of moving, and it is closely related to the concept of
motor control
Range of Motion- refers to the amount of movement around a particular joint, measured
in units of degrees using a device called goniometer
✔✔Purpose and benefits of flexibility training - ✔✔Developing flexibility is an important
goal of any training program. Achieving optimum flexibility helps eliminate awkward and
inefficient movement by allowing joints to move freely through a full normal ROM, and it
may also provide increased resistance to muscle injury
Activities that lengthen and stretch muscles can help you prevent injuries, back pain,
and balance problems. A well-stretched muscle more easily achieves its full range of
motion.
✔✔Fascia and Myofascial system(connects to muscles) - ✔✔Fascia is the connective
tissue that wraps around and between muscles, tendons and ligaments. It also binds
other tissues, every organ and all systems together in the body
Provide flexible and strong structure.
If fascia is not working optimally it can lead to
Restricted ROM, pain, poor posture, stiff joints, decreased strength and decreased
balance
✔✔Active vs Passive range of motion(ROM) - ✔✔Passive- someone moving for you
, Active- you moving yourself without assistance
✔✔Contradictions and precautions in flexibility - ✔✔Recent injury or surgery- need
medical clearance
Inflammation or infection
Disease that affect tissues being stretched
Excessive pain or other negative reactions to flexibility training
Joint instability
Stretch reflex determines if the length of tissue is okay or too much
✔✔Dynamic vs static stretching - ✔✔Dynamic- can be described as moving into and out
of positions that mobilize soft tissues first and then stretch them
Static- are when the client gets into a position that lengthens one or more muscles and
holds that stretch for a specified time
✔✔Postural stability and reflexes - ✔✔static postural stability= the ability to show control
and remain stable for a certain length of time while muscle length remains constant or
the body moves minimally or not at all.
dynamic postural stability= the ability to maintain control and remain stable while the
body moves through space.
The body uses two classes of reflexes, righting and equilibrium reflexes.
righting reflexes= reactions that are expressed when the body attempts to move or
maintain a position on a stable or fixed surface
equilibrium reflexes= body attempts to move or maintain a position on a surface that is
unsteady or moves underneath the point of contact
✔✔Open vs closed kinetic chain movements - ✔✔open kinetic chain exercises= during
the execution of an exercise, the hand(upper body) or foot(lower body) is free to move.
closed kinetic chain exercise= is characterized by successively arranged joint in which
the terminal segment (hand or foot) cannot be moved freely
✔✔Biomotor abilities and foundational movement sequences - ✔✔biomotor ability= a
movement skillset that a person is born with, and can maintain or advance with little
instruction.
foundational movement sequences= the basic movements required by the human body
to survive. the ability to perform movements such as pulling, pushing, squatting,
lunging,twisting and lifting, as well as running, climbing and throwing. three categories
of fms is: passive sequences, active sequences, complex sequences
✔✔Classifications of foundational movement sequences - ✔✔passive sequences=
three passive movement sequences provide the foundation for any activity that
performed in daily life, work or sport. the ability to lie down, sit or stand.
active sequences= activities of daily life(ADLs). pushing, pulling, squatting, lunging,
lifting, twisting
RATED A+
✔✔Benefits of resistance training - ✔✔Improved muscle strength and tone - to protect
your joints from injury.
Maintaining flexibility and balance, which can help you remain independent as you age.
Weight management and increased muscle-to-fat ratio - as you gain muscle, your body
burns more kilojoules when at rest.
✔✔Muscular strength vs Muscular power vs Muscular endurance - ✔✔Muscular
strength- the ability to exert maximal force in one single contraction
Muscular power- great force production over a short period of time
Muscular endurance- The ability to extend and contract throughout a prolonged period
of time
✔✔FITT in terms of resistance training - ✔✔Frequency- How many reps, sets, sessions,
splits
Intensity- Hypertrophy, endurance, strength
Time- Rest between sets, goal setting
Type- Machines, free weights, cables etc...
✔✔Flexibility and mobility - ✔✔Flexibility- Refers to the absolute range of motion, or
relative range of motion, of a joint as a result of muscles that cross the joint
Mobility- Means to be capable of moving, and it is closely related to the concept of
motor control
Range of Motion- refers to the amount of movement around a particular joint, measured
in units of degrees using a device called goniometer
✔✔Purpose and benefits of flexibility training - ✔✔Developing flexibility is an important
goal of any training program. Achieving optimum flexibility helps eliminate awkward and
inefficient movement by allowing joints to move freely through a full normal ROM, and it
may also provide increased resistance to muscle injury
Activities that lengthen and stretch muscles can help you prevent injuries, back pain,
and balance problems. A well-stretched muscle more easily achieves its full range of
motion.
✔✔Fascia and Myofascial system(connects to muscles) - ✔✔Fascia is the connective
tissue that wraps around and between muscles, tendons and ligaments. It also binds
other tissues, every organ and all systems together in the body
Provide flexible and strong structure.
If fascia is not working optimally it can lead to
Restricted ROM, pain, poor posture, stiff joints, decreased strength and decreased
balance
✔✔Active vs Passive range of motion(ROM) - ✔✔Passive- someone moving for you
, Active- you moving yourself without assistance
✔✔Contradictions and precautions in flexibility - ✔✔Recent injury or surgery- need
medical clearance
Inflammation or infection
Disease that affect tissues being stretched
Excessive pain or other negative reactions to flexibility training
Joint instability
Stretch reflex determines if the length of tissue is okay or too much
✔✔Dynamic vs static stretching - ✔✔Dynamic- can be described as moving into and out
of positions that mobilize soft tissues first and then stretch them
Static- are when the client gets into a position that lengthens one or more muscles and
holds that stretch for a specified time
✔✔Postural stability and reflexes - ✔✔static postural stability= the ability to show control
and remain stable for a certain length of time while muscle length remains constant or
the body moves minimally or not at all.
dynamic postural stability= the ability to maintain control and remain stable while the
body moves through space.
The body uses two classes of reflexes, righting and equilibrium reflexes.
righting reflexes= reactions that are expressed when the body attempts to move or
maintain a position on a stable or fixed surface
equilibrium reflexes= body attempts to move or maintain a position on a surface that is
unsteady or moves underneath the point of contact
✔✔Open vs closed kinetic chain movements - ✔✔open kinetic chain exercises= during
the execution of an exercise, the hand(upper body) or foot(lower body) is free to move.
closed kinetic chain exercise= is characterized by successively arranged joint in which
the terminal segment (hand or foot) cannot be moved freely
✔✔Biomotor abilities and foundational movement sequences - ✔✔biomotor ability= a
movement skillset that a person is born with, and can maintain or advance with little
instruction.
foundational movement sequences= the basic movements required by the human body
to survive. the ability to perform movements such as pulling, pushing, squatting,
lunging,twisting and lifting, as well as running, climbing and throwing. three categories
of fms is: passive sequences, active sequences, complex sequences
✔✔Classifications of foundational movement sequences - ✔✔passive sequences=
three passive movement sequences provide the foundation for any activity that
performed in daily life, work or sport. the ability to lie down, sit or stand.
active sequences= activities of daily life(ADLs). pushing, pulling, squatting, lunging,
lifting, twisting
