Strongman Training for Strength and Performance Online CE Exam Without Book

NOTE: The book Strongman Training for Strength and Performance is required for successful completion of this exam but is not included with this purchase. Purchase this Online CE Exam Without Book only if you already own the book or ebook.

Consisting of 51 multiple-choice and true-false questions, this continuing education exam is designed to be taken after reading Strongman Training for Strength and Performance. The exam will test your knowledge of the information presented in the book so you can incorporate strongman exercises and their many alternatives into your clients’ training.

Once you pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the origins, evolution, and defining characteristics of strongman training, including how strongman implements and events differ from traditional strength sports and why the training style has grown in popularity.
• Describe the benefits and appropriate application of strongman training across the lifespan, including youth, athletes, general populations, and older adults.
• Identify and explain the foundational movement patterns and implements used in strongman training—carry, propel, press or push, brace or load, and pull—and how technique transfers across various implements.
• Evaluate readiness for strongman training by applying basic safety principles, employing environmental considerations, and performing assessments of fitness, training age, and movement competency.
• Apply strongman exercises and techniques within a training program to develop strength, power, grip, core stability, endurance, and real-world functional performance.
• Identify proper technique for key strongman carries including setup, posture, and gaze.
• Identify proper technique for key pressing and loading movements, including log press, block press, sandbag throw, and Atlas stone load.
• Compare strict press and push press variations, and explain how leg drive and rack position affect performance.
• Explain how to use strongman movements to create training programs based on goals such as strength, hypertrophy, endurance, and sport carryover.
• Identify which strongman exercises best develop specific physical qualities such as grip, core stability, power, endurance, and functional strength.
• Explain how to maintain a safe, efficient pressing path with kettlebell and axle presses.
• Identify common technical errors in strongman exercises and state appropriate corrections.

Audience

Certified professionals looking to incorporate strongman exercises into their training to boost performance or add variety for their clients.