ACE Group Fitness Instructor Test
Specificity - ANS-Specific exercise demands produce specific responses by the body
Progressive Overload - ANS-A gradual and consistent increase in workload over time to
ensure continuous gains are made
Reversibility - ANS-Use it or lose it
Any progress made through exercise will be lost once exercise is stopped
Professional certification - ANS-Non governmental body
Time-limited recognition and credential
Demonstrated that they have met the criteria for required knowledge, skills, or
competencies for safe and effective practice in a specific job role
Continuing ed requirement
Types of Certificates - ANS-Knowledge-based
Curriculum-based
Certificate of completion
Knowledge based certificate - ANS-Relatively narrow scope of specialized knowledge
used in performing duties or tasks as part of a profession or occupation
ASSESSMENT
Curriculum based certificate - ANS-Issued after completion of a course or series of
courses and an assessment.
Limited to the individuals knowledge of the content taught during the course and not
necessarily the professional practice
Certificate of completion - ANS-Issued for attendance and completion of a learning
event
No knowledge assessed
NOT A CREDENTIAL
Licensure - ANS-Mandatory process
Governmental agency
Time-limited
Individual can engage in an occupation after verifying that they meet standardized
criteria
,Offers title protection
Registration - ANS-Professional designation defined by a governmental entity in
professional regulations or rules, or to a listing or registry, or practitioners.
(USREPS)
USREPS - ANS-United stated registry of exercise professionals
scope of practice - ANS-Legal range of services that professionals in a given field can
provide, the settings in which services can be provided, and the guidelines that must be
followed
GFI scope of practice - ANS-- develop and lead exercise classes
- Pre class assessment of participants and equipment
- assisting in setting and achieving FITNESS goals
- Instructing on monitoring exercise intensity (talk test)
- empowering individuals
- Being prepared for emergency situations and responding appropriately when they
occur
Specialization - ANS-Becoming highly skilled in a particular type of training or in working
with a specific population
Warm up - ANS-- Focus on rehearsal moves
- All major muscle groups addresses through dynamic movement
- increase metabolic rate
- gradual redistribution of blood flow to working muscles
- limits lactic acid buildup
- Reduce risk of abnormal heart rhythms.
Cool down - ANS-Incorporate stretching for everyday muscles
Teach proper form
Hold each stretch for 15-30 seconds
Conditioning segment - ANS-Gradually increase intensity
Give progression and regression options (harder and modified)
Build sequences logically and progressively
Monitor exertion
Incorporate a cool down/stretch segment
, Neuromuscular efficiency - ANS-Muscles that provide movement and muscles that
provide stability work together as an integrated functional unit
Golgi tendon organ - ANS-A sensory organ with a tendon that, when stimulated, causes
an inhibition of the entire muscle to protect against too much force
Health Related benefits of fitness - ANS-- cardiorespiratory endurance
- muscular endurance
- muscular strength
- flexibility
- body composition
Skill related components of fitness - ANS-- coordination
- agility
- speed
- power
- balance
- reaction time
Cardiorespiratory endurance - ANS-Ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to
supply oxygen to the working muscles during sustained physical activity
Muscular Endurance - ANS-The ability of a muscle to perform repeated or sustained
contractions without fatigue
Muscular strength - ANS-The ability of a muscle to exert maximal force
Flexibility - ANS-The range of motion at a joint
Body composition - ANS-The relative amounts of fat mass and fat free mass in the body
Agility - ANS-Ability to rapidly and accurately change the position of the body in space
Coordination - ANS-Ability to smoothly and accurately perform complex movements
Balance - ANS-The ability to maintain equilibrium while stationary or moving
Power - ANS-The rate at which work can be performed
Performing muscle contractions at a high velocity
Specificity - ANS-Specific exercise demands produce specific responses by the body
Progressive Overload - ANS-A gradual and consistent increase in workload over time to
ensure continuous gains are made
Reversibility - ANS-Use it or lose it
Any progress made through exercise will be lost once exercise is stopped
Professional certification - ANS-Non governmental body
Time-limited recognition and credential
Demonstrated that they have met the criteria for required knowledge, skills, or
competencies for safe and effective practice in a specific job role
Continuing ed requirement
Types of Certificates - ANS-Knowledge-based
Curriculum-based
Certificate of completion
Knowledge based certificate - ANS-Relatively narrow scope of specialized knowledge
used in performing duties or tasks as part of a profession or occupation
ASSESSMENT
Curriculum based certificate - ANS-Issued after completion of a course or series of
courses and an assessment.
Limited to the individuals knowledge of the content taught during the course and not
necessarily the professional practice
Certificate of completion - ANS-Issued for attendance and completion of a learning
event
No knowledge assessed
NOT A CREDENTIAL
Licensure - ANS-Mandatory process
Governmental agency
Time-limited
Individual can engage in an occupation after verifying that they meet standardized
criteria
,Offers title protection
Registration - ANS-Professional designation defined by a governmental entity in
professional regulations or rules, or to a listing or registry, or practitioners.
(USREPS)
USREPS - ANS-United stated registry of exercise professionals
scope of practice - ANS-Legal range of services that professionals in a given field can
provide, the settings in which services can be provided, and the guidelines that must be
followed
GFI scope of practice - ANS-- develop and lead exercise classes
- Pre class assessment of participants and equipment
- assisting in setting and achieving FITNESS goals
- Instructing on monitoring exercise intensity (talk test)
- empowering individuals
- Being prepared for emergency situations and responding appropriately when they
occur
Specialization - ANS-Becoming highly skilled in a particular type of training or in working
with a specific population
Warm up - ANS-- Focus on rehearsal moves
- All major muscle groups addresses through dynamic movement
- increase metabolic rate
- gradual redistribution of blood flow to working muscles
- limits lactic acid buildup
- Reduce risk of abnormal heart rhythms.
Cool down - ANS-Incorporate stretching for everyday muscles
Teach proper form
Hold each stretch for 15-30 seconds
Conditioning segment - ANS-Gradually increase intensity
Give progression and regression options (harder and modified)
Build sequences logically and progressively
Monitor exertion
Incorporate a cool down/stretch segment
, Neuromuscular efficiency - ANS-Muscles that provide movement and muscles that
provide stability work together as an integrated functional unit
Golgi tendon organ - ANS-A sensory organ with a tendon that, when stimulated, causes
an inhibition of the entire muscle to protect against too much force
Health Related benefits of fitness - ANS-- cardiorespiratory endurance
- muscular endurance
- muscular strength
- flexibility
- body composition
Skill related components of fitness - ANS-- coordination
- agility
- speed
- power
- balance
- reaction time
Cardiorespiratory endurance - ANS-Ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to
supply oxygen to the working muscles during sustained physical activity
Muscular Endurance - ANS-The ability of a muscle to perform repeated or sustained
contractions without fatigue
Muscular strength - ANS-The ability of a muscle to exert maximal force
Flexibility - ANS-The range of motion at a joint
Body composition - ANS-The relative amounts of fat mass and fat free mass in the body
Agility - ANS-Ability to rapidly and accurately change the position of the body in space
Coordination - ANS-Ability to smoothly and accurately perform complex movements
Balance - ANS-The ability to maintain equilibrium while stationary or moving
Power - ANS-The rate at which work can be performed
Performing muscle contractions at a high velocity
