Crossfit Level 1 Exam Practice Questions and Answers

Crossfit Level 1 Exam Practice Questions and Answers What is the main goal of Crossfit? - Ans:-To increase an individual's competency and abilities at all physical tasks What are the 10 fitness domains Crossfit can improve? What are their definitions? - Ans:-- Cardiovascular endurance: Ability of a body system to gather, deliver, and utilize oxygen - Stamina: Ability of body processes to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy systems - Strength: Ability of a muscle joint, or multiple muscular units, to apply force - Flexibility: Ability to maximize ROM at a given joint - Power: Ability of a muscle unit, or multiple muscular units, to apply force over time - Speed: The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement - Coordination: Ability to combine several movement patterns into a distinct movement - Agility: ability to minimze transition time from one movement pattern to another - Balance: Ability to place center of gravity in relation to base of support ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/13 - Accuracy: Ability to control movement in a given direction at a given intensity How is Crossfit different from typical training approaches? - Ans:-Crossfit utilizes high-intensity compound movements and workouts that are geared to increase overall athletic performance. More holistic than specialized isolated exercise What are the main exercises and training practices at Crossfit? - Ans:-Metabolic conditioning, gymnastic movements, olympic lifts, some isometric movements, and sports activities What does "Core Strength and Conditioning Program" Mean? - Ans:-2 senses of the word Core: 1. The workouts and exercises of crossfit are the core backbone of any athletic endeavor 2. It's literally exercising for your core (abs) and the functional axis of the body In Crossfit's view, why is there so much disease? - Ans:-They believe that fitness and health are about the same thing. There are 3 types of ways your health can be: Sick, normal, or above normal. If your athletics are above normal, your amount of health will be above normal and your chance of sickness and disease will be low What is the optimal training frequency and duration in Crossfit? - Ans:-Anywhere from 45 minutes- 1 hour 5-6 days a week. Additional time isn't necessary if your training is high-intensity. More training and practice per day could be spent on specific skills for sports ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/13 Is aerobic vs anaerobic exercise more important? - Ans:-Both are important. The main distinction is in the client's goals What is adaption's role in Crossfit? - Ans:-Crossfit is constantly varying the workouts to include the 10 fitness domains, meaning the athlete is constantly adapting What affect does Crossfit have on neuroendocrine response? - Ans:-Crossfit produces an enormous response in testosterone and growth factor hormones, simply by utilizing compound movements with large weights at high intensity. The importance of this for athletes and those looking to get in shape is incredible. What is Cross-training and does Crossfit utilize it? - Ans:-Cross-training is participating and practicing for multiple sports. Crossfit often combines small amounts of cross-training into their client's programs. Practicing these moves will specifically help athletes learn new skills and improve old ones. How does Crossfit use functional movement? - Ans:-All movements in crossfit are multi-joint and compound, which are found in natural movements more often than isometric movements. Functional movements are not only safe but elicit the highest training response. What diet does Crossfit recommend? - Ans:-The zone diet, which typically recommends 30% protein, 40% carb, and 30% fat. Diet is centered around lean meats and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar. Higher protein is recommended for more elite athletes. ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 4/13 What do Crossfit's Fitness models measure? - Ans:-They are used to systematically measure and understand work capacity. How well a person is able to perform difficult tasks tells us how healthy and vibrant a person is. What is Crossfit's 1st model to measure fitness? - Ans:-How experienced the athlete is in the 10 General Physical skills What's Crossfit's 2nd model to measure fitness? - Ans:-The hopper. This model suggests that if a workout was given to you completely at random with varying reps, sets, rest periods, exercises, order of exercises, routines, periodization, etc. on different days, you would be able to complete the routine. What's Crossfit's 3rd model to measure fitness? - Ans:-The metabolic pathways model. This suggests that we need to develop our phosphagen system, glycolytic system, and oxidative system. What's Crossfit's 4th model to measure fitness? - Ans:-Sickness-Wellness-Fitness Continuum. In this case, fitness is super-wellness. We can take an immense amount of data on any individual (blood pressure, BF %, Bone density, triglycerides, cholesterol, muscle mass, etc.) and place them into one of the 3 categories. What's the difference between training vs practice? - Ans:-- Training: Activity that improves performance through a change in the body (strength, stamina, endurance, flexibility). - Practice: Activity that improves performance through a change in the nervous system (balance, coordination, agility, accuracy). ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 5/13 Power and speed are improved with both Whats the key to developing cardio without losing strength, speed, or power? - Ans:-Interval training What is the Theoretical Hierarchy of Development for an athlete? - Ans:-If you have a deficiency at any level along the hierarchy, all levels below will suffer What are the roles of safety, efficacy and efficiency? - Ans:-All 3 of these should be working with eachother, if you specialize in one or 2, it could negatively impact another. Here are what they mean: - Safety: The amount of people that end up at the finish line without any injuries - Efficacy: What will the client recieve? In Crossfit, we increase work capacity across time and modal domains - Efficiency: How quickly the client can expect to achieve their results What is the progression that crossfit athletes should take? - Ans:-First, develop mechanics (techniques of movement), then establish consistency (a schedule to practice movements), finally add intensity (how difficult the workouts are). What are the differences between mechanics, technique, form, and style? - Ans:-- Mechanics: The amount of relative power, torque, and angles an athlete can get on their movements - Technique: The method to success for completion of a movement. It's what increases the amount of work for the energy expended. Some techniques are better/worse than others (form) ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 6/13 - Form: The "Shoulds" and "Should nots" applied to mechanics and technique - Style: The signerature to the movements of each individual. Style doesn't compromise technique Intensity vs technique: - Ans:-Crossfit is all about quantifiable fitness. Using great technique with high intensity is required. Each person has their own healthy balance What is threshold training? - Ans:-Finding the intensity where errors just start to occur, then try to reduce errors at that intensity What is crossfit's view on insulin and health? - Ans:-Hyperinsulinism (too much insulin) is the cause of most chronic disease, especially diabetes What accounts for 70% of disease in America? - Ans:-Poor lifestyle habits The "-ic" variation that contributes to 30% of disease: - Ans:-- Kinetic: Physical trauma, car crash, hit by person - Toxic: environmental toxins - Genetic: genetic disorder you are born with - Microbic: virus, bacteria, prions What's crossfit's equation for health? - Ans:-Fitness + luck = Health ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 7/13 What diet is recommended for Crossfit athletes? - Ans:-The Zone Diet created by Barry Sears What is the method to calculate one's block prescription on the Zone Diet? - Ans:-1. Find your body fat percentage (11%) 2. Fat % (11%) x Present weight (145lbs.) = Fat weight (16 lbs.) 3. Present weight (145 lbs.) - Fat weight (16 lbs.) = Lean Body Mass (129 lbs.) 4. Find Activity level (anywhere from 0.5-1.2 depending on activity level) 5. Lean Body Mass (129 lbs.) x Activity level (0.9) = Daily protein requirements (116g) 6. Daily protein requirements (116g) / 7 = Blocks Per Day (17) What should an athlete do if their performance suffers due to weight loss? - Ans:-Increase the amount of fat. Some crossfit athletes get 70% of their calories from fat. What supplements are recommended in Crossfit? - Ans:-Fish oil or Omega-3 supplement. Crossfit recommend such a high amount of fat that getting the right balance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 (1:2 or 1:3 ratio) is somewhat difficult. If the individual is vegan, algae oil is recommended. What does the schedule look like for crossfit athletes? - Ans:-3 days on, 1 da