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precise detailed solutions || ||
Evidence-based practice - ✔✔An approach to practice where decisions are based on (a) the
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best available research, (b) the unique context, preferences, and values of the client, and (c)
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the experiences of the practitioner.
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Physical culture - ✔✔A 19th century cultural movement in Europe and the United States
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that preceded organized strength and physique sport which promoted health via regular
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training, typically including weight lifting.
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Physique athlete - ✔✔Anyone who trains regularly for the primary purpose of developing a
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muscular physique, whether they compete in physique sport or not.
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Symmetry - ✔✔The physique quality of muscular balance and proportionality, from top to
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bottom, back to front, and left to right.
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X-frame - ✔✔The appearance of one's physique being x-shaped due to having a small waist,
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wide shoulders, and sweeping quadriceps. Having an x-frame is a large part of symmetry.
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Hypertrophy - ✔✔The process of muscle growth, specifically skeletal muscle in the context
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of bodybuilding.
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Contest preparation - ✔✔The process of dieting to extremely low body fat levels, over
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multiple months, while maintaining as much muscle as possible to be competitive in
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physique sport. ||
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Disordered eating - ✔✔Distressing eating behaviors which don't meet diagnostic criteria for
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eating disorders; also describes behaviors associated with eating disorders in research when
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diagnoses aren't made. || ||
Orthorexia nervosa - ✔✔A not yet officially classified pathological focus on healthy eating
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that causes anxiety when dietary rules cannot be followed, which negatively impacts
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psychosocial and physical health. || || ||
Binge eating disorder - ✔✔Recurring episodes of uncontrolled eating where an unusually
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large amount of food is consumed in a discrete period of time, often resulting in feelings of
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guilt or shame. || ||
Bulimia nervosa - ✔✔Regular episodes of binge eating frequently followed by
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compensatory behavior such as excessive exercise, extreme dieting or fasting, laxative use, || || || || || || || || || || || ||
or self-induced vomiting.
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Muscle dysmorphia - ✔✔A subset of body dysmorphic disorder where a distressing belief
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that one is not muscular enough, despite reality, causes obsessive training, eating, and
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performance-enhancing drug use. || ||
Causation - ✔✔A change in a variable causing a change in an outcome. Controlled trials in
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research isolate variables to determine if changing one variable causes a change in an
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outcome.
Motor - ✔✔A nerve that carries information away from the central nervous system to the
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muscles to signal contraction. || || ||
Sensory - ✔✔A nerve that carries information away from the body about various senses to
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the central nervous system about the sensory information.
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NASM Physique and Bodybuilding Coach Exam with || || || || || || ||
precise detailed solutions || ||
Evidence-based practice - ✔✔An approach to practice where decisions are based on (a) the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
best available research, (b) the unique context, preferences, and values of the client, and (c)
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the experiences of the practitioner.
|| || || ||
Physical culture - ✔✔A 19th century cultural movement in Europe and the United States
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
that preceded organized strength and physique sport which promoted health via regular
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
training, typically including weight lifting.
|| || || ||
Physique athlete - ✔✔Anyone who trains regularly for the primary purpose of developing a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
muscular physique, whether they compete in physique sport or not.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Symmetry - ✔✔The physique quality of muscular balance and proportionality, from top to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
bottom, back to front, and left to right.
|| || || || || || ||
X-frame - ✔✔The appearance of one's physique being x-shaped due to having a small waist,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
wide shoulders, and sweeping quadriceps. Having an x-frame is a large part of symmetry.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Hypertrophy - ✔✔The process of muscle growth, specifically skeletal muscle in the context
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of bodybuilding.
||
Contest preparation - ✔✔The process of dieting to extremely low body fat levels, over
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
multiple months, while maintaining as much muscle as possible to be competitive in
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
physique sport. ||
, 2
Disordered eating - ✔✔Distressing eating behaviors which don't meet diagnostic criteria for
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
eating disorders; also describes behaviors associated with eating disorders in research when
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
diagnoses aren't made. || ||
Orthorexia nervosa - ✔✔A not yet officially classified pathological focus on healthy eating
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
that causes anxiety when dietary rules cannot be followed, which negatively impacts
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
psychosocial and physical health. || || ||
Binge eating disorder - ✔✔Recurring episodes of uncontrolled eating where an unusually
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
large amount of food is consumed in a discrete period of time, often resulting in feelings of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
guilt or shame. || ||
Bulimia nervosa - ✔✔Regular episodes of binge eating frequently followed by
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compensatory behavior such as excessive exercise, extreme dieting or fasting, laxative use, || || || || || || || || || || || ||
or self-induced vomiting.
|| ||
Muscle dysmorphia - ✔✔A subset of body dysmorphic disorder where a distressing belief
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
that one is not muscular enough, despite reality, causes obsessive training, eating, and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
performance-enhancing drug use. || ||
Causation - ✔✔A change in a variable causing a change in an outcome. Controlled trials in
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
research isolate variables to determine if changing one variable causes a change in an
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
outcome.
Motor - ✔✔A nerve that carries information away from the central nervous system to the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
muscles to signal contraction. || || ||
Sensory - ✔✔A nerve that carries information away from the body about various senses to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the central nervous system about the sensory information.
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