NSCA CPSS EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
2025/2026
Understand the relevant theory and principles that underpin
training. - ANSWER ->Training Load model, Periodization,
Parallel training model, Sequential Training Model,
Periodization vs Programming - ANSWER ->Periodization is a a
macro-management strategy that serves as a training blueprint,
from which periods of time are assigned that target specific
skills, fitness, or performance related factors. Volume and
intensity are inversely related. 1-3 peaks/macrocycles per year
Programming is an operation of strategic thinking which is best
accomplished when ongoing monitoring is integrated into the
periodization process.
How is biological adaptation achieved? - ANSWER ->by
disturbing the current capacity of the system
What is supercompensation? - ANSWER ->Supercompensation
is the effect whereby performance is enhanced if the body is
able/allowed to adapt.
What syndrome is supercompensation related to? - ANSWER -
>General adaptation syndrome
, What is general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWER ->The
framework of interaction between the imposed training stress,
acute fatigue response, adaptation, and a new level of
homeostasis/performance.
How does overtraining syndrome develop? - ANSWER ->After
continued high volume, high intensity training or both when an
athlete is over-reached.
Which training model is when performance of a positive fitness
effect and a negative fatigue effect decay exponentially over
time but at different rates? - ANSWER ->Fitness-fatigue model
What is the dose-response relationship? - ANSWER -
>relationship between the size of an administered dose and the
intensity of the response produced
What qualifies as external load? - ANSWER ->Amount of weight
lifted, distance/speed of running, its what an athlete has done.
What is it called when an athlete has responded to an external
load? - ANSWER ->Internal load
How is external load measured? - ANSWER ->camera systems,
global positioning systems, local positioning systems, often in
conjunction with other sensors such as accelerometers and
power meters.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
2025/2026
Understand the relevant theory and principles that underpin
training. - ANSWER ->Training Load model, Periodization,
Parallel training model, Sequential Training Model,
Periodization vs Programming - ANSWER ->Periodization is a a
macro-management strategy that serves as a training blueprint,
from which periods of time are assigned that target specific
skills, fitness, or performance related factors. Volume and
intensity are inversely related. 1-3 peaks/macrocycles per year
Programming is an operation of strategic thinking which is best
accomplished when ongoing monitoring is integrated into the
periodization process.
How is biological adaptation achieved? - ANSWER ->by
disturbing the current capacity of the system
What is supercompensation? - ANSWER ->Supercompensation
is the effect whereby performance is enhanced if the body is
able/allowed to adapt.
What syndrome is supercompensation related to? - ANSWER -
>General adaptation syndrome
, What is general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWER ->The
framework of interaction between the imposed training stress,
acute fatigue response, adaptation, and a new level of
homeostasis/performance.
How does overtraining syndrome develop? - ANSWER ->After
continued high volume, high intensity training or both when an
athlete is over-reached.
Which training model is when performance of a positive fitness
effect and a negative fatigue effect decay exponentially over
time but at different rates? - ANSWER ->Fitness-fatigue model
What is the dose-response relationship? - ANSWER -
>relationship between the size of an administered dose and the
intensity of the response produced
What qualifies as external load? - ANSWER ->Amount of weight
lifted, distance/speed of running, its what an athlete has done.
What is it called when an athlete has responded to an external
load? - ANSWER ->Internal load
How is external load measured? - ANSWER ->camera systems,
global positioning systems, local positioning systems, often in
conjunction with other sensors such as accelerometers and
power meters.
