2016.01.08 CSCS Daily Study Question

2016.01.08 CSCS Daily Study Question:

Joon-Hyun is a 21 year old athlete on your university’s men’s basketball team. He shows you the new wristwatch / heart rate monitor that his parents gave him for Christmas. Joon-Hyun tells you, “Coach, with this heart rate monitor I can keep my heart rate in the fat burning zone when I exercise. I’m going to get mad ripped for summer. The instruction booklet says that my target heart rate should be at 70% of my heart rate reserve.”

If Joon-Hyun’s resting heart rate is 6o beats per minute, what is his target heart rate at 70% of his heart rate reserve, according to the Karvonen Method of calculating target heart rates.

(A) 98 beats per minute
(B) 102 beats per minute
(C) 139 beats per minute
(D) 157 beats per minute

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2016.01.08 CSCS Daily Study Question

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correct Answer:
(D) 157 beats per minute

Explanation:
To determine Joon-Hyun’s target heart rate with the Karvonen Method:
220 – 21 (Joon-Hyun’s age) = 199 (age-predicted max heart rate)
199 – 60 (resting heart rate) = 139 (heart rate reserve)
139 x 70% (exercise intensity) + 60 (resting heart rate) = 157.3 beats per minute (target heart rate)

Reference:
Essentials of Strength Training & Conditioning 3rd edition p. 494

 

 

These CSCS exam practice questions were created to help users study for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification exam from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Using CSCS exam practice questions is an efficient way to study the most relevant material for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist exam. CSCS exam practice questions can help you to remember important concepts and test your knowledge of the material in a no-pressure environment. The Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist designates that a fitness professional has the scientific and practical knowledge necessary to assist athletes to improve their physical performance.

If you’re like most strength and conditioning specialists, chances are that you like sports and you have a competitive mindset. For people who are competitive, doing practice questions is awesome because 1) they like to win, and 2) the sting of getting a question wrong burns the correct answer into the mind of a competitive person unlike any other learning method.

The Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is a four-hour-long, pencil and paper or computer-based examination. The Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist exam has two sections: “Scientific Foundations” and “Practical / Applied.” Each of these sections consist of questions that the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) feels are relevant to test the knowledge and experience of a candidate for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) professional credential. Certified strength conditioning specialist comprehensive questions from the Scientific Foundations section include anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, and nutrition. certified strength conditioning specialist comprehensive questions from the Practical / Applied section include program design, exercise techniques, testing and evaluation, and organization / administration (NSCA, 2015).

2016.01.08 CSCS Daily Study Question

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