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ACE Fitness ACE-PERSONAL-TRAINER Exam
American Council on Exercise (ACE) Personal Traniner (PT) (Page 4 )

Updated On: 19-Jan-2026
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Your client has successfully followed her workout program for six months, losing 15 pounds (7 kg) and maintaining her lean body mass. Over the last month she has become a bit bored with the program, and improvements have tapered off significantly. She still wants to lose an additional 2% body fat. She has been performing aerobic exercise sessions for 35 minutes, two times per week and strength training two times per week, doing two sets -20 repetitions. What is the BEST approach to help her reach her goal?

  1. Maintain her current program, explaining that she is making progress and needs to allow more time for noticeable results.
  2. Recommend reducing caloric intake to 1.200 calories and increasing the volume of her strength training workouts.
  3. Increase aerobic activity to four times per week and strength training to three times per week.
  4. Increase aerobic activity to three times per week and increase resistance while decreasing the number of repetitions in her strength- training program.

Answer(s): A



A client says she wants to work on her chest muscles using an exercise she learned in a group exercise class. Holding 2 pound (1 kg) dumbbells with her shoulders abducted and externally rotated and her elbows flexed, she demonstrates the exercise by horizontally adducting and horizontally abducting her shoulders. What should your response be?

  1. "This exercise does not activate the pectoralis major muscles."
  2. "This is a great exercise for the pectoralis major and rhomboid muscles. Let's include it in your program."
  3. "This exercise uses the chest, but there are more effective exercises that I can show you."
  4. "This exercise is contraindicated for everyone because it places the shoulders in abduction and external rotation."

Answer(s): B



Which of the following is an example of a process goal?

  1. Lose 5 lbs. (2.3 kg) after two weeks of training
  2. Work out four days per week for the next month.
  3. Add 5% to each lift after one month.
  4. Decrease resting blood pressure after one month.

Answer(s): D



Angina pectoris is caused by which of the following?

  1. Overdeveloped pectoralis muscle group
  2. Strained pectoralis muscle
  3. Insufficient oxygen supply to the heart muscle
  4. Reduction in heart rate and an increase in stroke volume

Answer(s): C



A female client comes to you to improve her upper body strength. She is a new grandmother and would like to be able to carry the baby. The exercises you choose for her program should be based on the application of which of the following?

  1. Specificity of training principle
  2. Overload principle
  3. Guidelines for frequency, intensity, and duration
  4. ACOG guidelines

Answer(s): A



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