1 week away from NSCA-CPT! Help!! - Personal Trainer Community - Forum

[Khiva Jo]

Also, I have retaken all 3 pretests and am averaging about 88-93% on all of them. I have been studying REALLY hard for 3 months, 2-4 hours a day. I have also taken all of the tests at the end of the cd's, and am also averaging about 85%. I am really starting to feel pretty confident in the last week or so. These previous questions are the areas I struggle in. If I can get these down, I think I will be set! I was actually supposed to take the test today, but rescheduled for next Friday!

[Christina]

It sounds as if you're well prepared for the exam. Good luck!

Christina

[Khiva Jo]

Hi Christina, I was wondering if the table 15.3 worked for doing the 1rm backwards, such as this...

A clients 10RM is the bench press is 150lbs, which of the following is the clients estimated 1RM?
175
200
230
250

Could you help me figure this one out? Thanks!

[Christina]

Yes. I am off to bed now but I will answer this tomorrow.

Christina

[Khiva Jo]

great, I'll wait to here from you! Thanks

[Christina]

When you go UP the chart (Table 15.3) you divide by "point whatever"

So...

The 10RM is 75% of the 1RM therefore 150/.75=200

On the flip side...

When you go DOWN the chart you multiply by "point whatever"

If, for example, the 1RM is 200 pounds, the 15RM is 65% of the 1RM. It would be 200 x .65 = 130

[Khiva Jo]

you are the best, thank you so much!

[KNtryhard]

Just to give a little background:
This will be my 2nd time taking this test. The first time around I took a pencil/paper test and my score was 68/70 and it killed me when I read that I DID NOT pass it. The sad thing is that I had confidence that I passed with flying colors.

I went to a vocational school called NPTI and we actually studied from the NSCA, CPT book. I have read this book twice. You think I would have passed the first time around. I am a horrible test taker and hold anxiety!

Since then, I have been studying off and on for the past 2 yrs. The past 4 months have been more often, 4-5x a week, 2 hrs at a time. I even ended up buying the nsca study materials that came with 1 practice exam and cds. I feel ready but am confused with origin and insertion sites of certain muscles and need more practice with learning techniques with certain exercises.

I score between 65%-68% on the practice exam from book but with the cd questions, I score between 70%-90%. Either way, I am s/c'd to take a computer based exam in 5 days and can't extend it out any farther. It's at it's farthest already. I feel ready but struggle in some areas as far as exercise technique and on the client assessment section. Those 2 areas are what I mainly scored less on based off of the practice exam in book.

Any tips on how to wrap up everything before the BIG day?

Thanks