CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Group resistance training guides and techniques.
Answer: 1. Make sure to encourage to do weight resistance classes at
least 2 days a week
2. Demonstrate and "q" proper body alignment
3. Avoid using momentum use muscles
4. Breathing. Exhale on the execution phase and inhale on relaxation
phase
5. Avoid over stressing one particular joint at one particular time
6. Avoid hyperextending the joint
7. Avoid using to much weight
8. Train larger muscles first
9. Properly warm up
⩥ Core conditioning guides and techniques.
Answer: 1. Foundation to any movement
2. Do a variety of exercises to enhance and ensure balance development
3. Make sure that you mix up the order of exercises
4. More time training stabilization and less via movement
,5. Use a variety of reps speed
6. Use a variety of tools
7. Use a variety of training angles
8. Train core 2-4 times per week
⩥ water exercise guides and techniques.
Answer: 1. May teach on the deck or in the water
2. Combination of both on deck and in water is best
3. Use hand signals
4. use demonstrations
5. use visual "q's"
6. ensure there is always a lifeguard on duty
7. make sure the pool conditions are safe
8. entry and exit are open and safe
9. make sure every participant waits 2-3 hours to exercise after they have
eaten
10. make sure when breathing that they are inhaling when the jump out
of the water and exhaling when they come down
11. make sure you are aware of signs of distress
12. give intensity options
13. check safety of equipment
, ⩥ What is flexibility?.
Answer: The ability of a muscle or joint to move through its full range
of motion without discomfort or pain.
⩥ Stretching guides and techniques.
Answer: 1. hold stretch about 15-20 second a piece
2. hold till there is mild discomfort not pain
3. avoid bouncing
⩥ What are the four categories of physical fitness?.
Answer: - Physiological related
- Health related
- Skilled related
- Sports related
⩥ What are the three components of physiological related fitness?.
Answer: - metabolic fitness
- morphological fitness
- bone integrity
⩥ Sports-related.