Hardest Fitness GYM Interview Preparation Guide

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Standing exercise which can be performed with or without a dumbbell or barbell, sometimes with the aid of a stepper. The participant lifts a weight by raising themselves at the ankle, helping to build calf strength.

Glute and core exercise, which involves lying on one’s back, positioning the feet underneath the posterior and raising the back off the floor.

Responsible trainers know CPR (certified training), have first aid ready, and a quick means to call an ambulance.

Light actions performed during everyday life which don’t burn a lot of calories, such as standing or walking slowly.

I would use good music, keep entusiastic, make the class enjoyable by keeping it fresh and challenging the clients.

Similar to a pull-up, this involves placing your hands facing towards you on a mounted bar and lifting your body up so that your chin is above the bar. Works the deltoids and bicep muscles.

Personal trainers combine sports and health expertise with the ability to analyze a person's potential, and they arrange programs for optimal results. They have charisma and developed communication skills; part of their job is to explain and motivate clients. They beam health, fitness, and joy of physical exercise.

Like everything else in technology, fitness accessories and exercises change all the time. Personal trainers always stay current with the latest developments and products, which you can demonstrate by mentioning recent developments in the area.

Weight bearing exercise often performed on a pulley or plate-loaded machine and helps to build calf strength. The participant lifts the weight by bending at the ankle.

Term sometimes used in weight training to describe when someone reduces their workout load by either decreasing the number of sets or repetitions they perform, or lowers the amount of weight they lift.

Type of exercise session led by a fitness instructor, which usually involves a series of intense exercises focusing on strength training, fat loss and cardiovascular conditioning.

A combination of aerobic, body weight and weight lifting activities might be utilised, and participants may be organised into competing teams (to promote a teamwork spirit).

Rhythmic exercises (typically performed to music in a class) which improve strength, cardio and mobility conditioning, and usually involve minimal equipment.

Classes might generally last for 20-45 minutes (or longer in some cases). Examples include step aerobics (with a stepper) or aqua aerobics (performed in a pool).

I'm only human – some days I just want to chill out with a pizza in front of a movie but I have to get up and run with a client in a wintery field. Not good.

Because I know that I can deliver more that they probably can, I also have the knowledge and experience to do it, I know that I have a lot to learn and and I am willing to undergo training to be more qualified for this position.

Getting to meet new and interesting people and helping them to change their lives. Some of my clients are now friends and some have lost – and kept off – an incredible amount of weight. As everyone's getting bigger and less fit, it's important we all stay aware of our own bodies.

Exercises which rely on utilising bodyweight, with no added equipment, to aid strength and cardio. Examples include push ups, pull ups, planking, squats and calf raises (with no dumbbell or barbell).

When employed within a workout, this is when a person continues to move during a ‘rest’ period between exercises or sets (for example jogging on the spot).

It can also refer to when a lower intensity workout is used on a rest day in between higher intensity workouts (to help their body recover from high intensity activity).

I am an expert in designing and implementing personalized exercise and diet programs based on the clients' goals and targets. I also have profound ability to recruit and retain clients, provide fitness equipment handling instructions and assess clients on regular basis. I am an expert in directing rehabilitation exercises following a sports or other injury.

Muscles situated on the front of the legs and torso (including the quadricep, abdominal and pectoral muscles).

Used as a unitary measure of energy. A ‘small calorie’ is the energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by a degree celsius.

A ‘kilogram calorie’ (kcal) is the unit the term ‘calorie’ generally refers to. This is equivalent to 1,000 small calories.

Upper body exercise which performed lying back on a bench, and pushing a weight up using a barbell or dumbbells. Employing a wide grip on a barbell works the chest muscles, while employing a narrower grip works the triceps. A variation on this when using a cable machine is the chest press.

Gym and fitness center owners are often concerned with making sales and keeping clients coming back to continue making gym fees -- so they'll naturally be concerned about your sales skills and your ability to retain clients. To answer this question, talk about the methods you use to get clients excited about training, and how you work to keep them motivated.

As part of my PT training I was required to go on a nutrition workshop, which taught the usefulness of macro-nutrients rather than focusing sourly on caloric content.

Activity which involves short bursts of high intensity exertion, causing the body to demand more oxygen than it can take in. Examples include sprinting or lifting heavy weights.

Type of exercise based on the principles of boxing training, but not necessarily involving sparring or physical contact.

During a class, participants will throw punches and perform other boxing moves, and this helps to improve cardiovascular conditioning.