Essential Fitness Specialist Interview Questions & Answers:

1. What is interval training?

A training session that involves repeated bouts of exercise, separated by rest intervals. Depending of the length of exercise and rest periods, it may be anaerobic or aerobic training.

2. Explain me what is body composition?

Body composition refers to the components of the body. It is usually divided into two components: the amount of fat mass (weight) and the amount of fat-free mass (muscle, bone, skin and organs) in the body.

3. What is tapering?

A reduction in training intensity before a major competition to give the body time to recover and adapt so as to reach a peak in performance.

4. Explain what is anaerobic threshold?

The physiological point during exercise at which lactic acid starts to accumulate in the muscles. It occurs around the point of the exercise intensity increasing such that anaerobic processes are becoming more dominant.

5. What is resting heart rate?

The number of heart beats in one minute (bpm) when a person is at complete rest. A person's resting heart rate decreases as they become more fit.

6. What is toning?

If you ask most people what their general fitness goals, the answer often is to “tone up and get in shape.” We have come to accept the term “tone” to mean muscular definition, or the appearance of a well-defined muscle. The term is actually short for tonus, which is the technical term used to describe a state of contraction in a normally functioning muscle. Using a muscle repeatedly during a strength training exercise will leave that muscle in a state of semi-contraction, creating the defined appearance we have come to expect as the result of exercise.

7. What is pillar strength?

Relates to the strength of your pillar-your shoulders, torso, and hips. Critical as a foundation for all movement.

8. What is glycogen?

The form in which carbohydrates are stored in the body. Primary sites for storage are the muscles and the liver.

9. What is anaerobic?

Anaerobic processes occur in the cells of the body without the presence of oxygen. Anaerobic training is of high intensity and short duration, with the aim of the efficiency of the body's anaerobic energy-producing systems.

10. What is phytochemicals?

Pronounced “fight-o-chemicals,” these substances can help protect you from disease and boost performance.