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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Movement toward the mid-line of the body.
HYDRATION
HEALTH RELATED FITNESS
ADDUCTION
STRESS FRACTURE
2. The amount of oxygen used by the tissues per unit of time.
BODY DENSITY
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
STRENGTH
OXYGEN UPTAKE
3. The structural unit of the lung; tiny air sacs where exchange of respiratory gases with the capillaries takes place.
CONCENTRIC
ALVEOLI
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
PNF (PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION)
4. To lose consciousness - as in a syncopal attack.
RESIDUAL VOLUME
CORONARY ARTERIES
DIABETES MELLITUS
FAINT
5. The enlarging of a blood vessel to increase blood flow to a body part.
PRECONTEMPLATION
DEHYDRATION
VASODILATION
CORONARY ARTERIES
6. Includes measurement of red and white blood count - hemoglobin and hematocrit.
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
TONING TABLE
CHOLESTEROL
ENDOCRINE
7. Thinking about changing a behavior.
BODY DENSITY
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
HYPOTONIC
CONTEMPLATION
8. Elevated blood lipid levels.
CATABOLISM
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
SMAC-24
9. A fatty acid with no double bonds and generally a solid at room temperature - saturated fat is found primarily in animal products and is a major factor in CAD risk.
CAROTID ARTERY
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
SATURATED FAT
SARCOMERE
10. A hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes.
FLEXION
TESTOSTERONE
BURSA
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
11. Breathing.
OSTEOARTHRITIS
GLYCOGEN
SUPINATION
VENTILATION
12. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
TARGET HEART RATE
AEROBIC POWER
13. The tapering off period following a bout of exercise.
INTENSITY
COOL DOWN
MOTOR UNIT
FLEXION
14. A numerical scaled used to monitor perceived exertion.
ACTIN
BORG SCALE
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
15. One of the six essential nutrients; composed of building blocks called amino acids.
CONDITIONING
PROTEIN
FAINT
ACUTE
16. The force that blood exerts on the walls of the arteries.
ERGOMETER
BLOOD PRESSURE
ACTIN
SARCOMERE
17. Sudden - short term - abrupt.
ANTAGONIST
ACUTE
TONING TABLE
ISOKINETIC
18. An indicator of dysfunction or disease that can be seen with the naked eye.
OVERLOAD
VISCERA
SIGN
GLYCOGEN
19. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.
NOREPINEPHRINE (NORADRENALINE)
INSULIN
AGONIST
DIASTOLIC
20. The difference between maximal heart rate and resting heart rate.
HEART RATE RESERVE
COOL DOWN
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
GLUCOSE
21. A significant blockage of one or more coronary arteries; also known as coronary artery disease.
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
LIPOPROTEIN
TENDON
NITRATES
22. The range of motion of a joint.
FLEXIBILITY
PLACEBO
CONTRAINDICATION
INSULIN
23. Movement toward the mid-line of the body.
ADDUCTION
CONTEMPLATION
EVERSION
HYPOTONIC
24. A muscular contraction during which the muscle lengthens as it generates force.
CONCENTRIC
CARDIORESPIRATORY
ECCENTRIC
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
25. A significant blockage of one or more coronary arteries; also known as coronary artery disease.
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
MYOSIN
PRONATION
26. The amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute.
TONING TABLE
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
ERGOGENIC AID
CARDIAC OUTPUT
27. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1
VO2 MAX
DIABETES MELLITUS
PLACEBO
CALORIE
28. An injury involving muscle tissue.
STRAIN
PROTEIN
INFLAMMATION
GERIATRIC
29. A numerical scaled used to monitor perceived exertion.
LIPOPROTEIN
HEMOGLOBIN
BORG SCALE
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
30. Medical history.
ALVEOLI
URIC ACID
HEALTH HISTORY
CARDIAC OUTPUT
31. The end product of protein metabolism.
FITNESS TESTING
HEART ATTACK
VASOCONSTRICTION
URIC ACID
32. Also known as coronary artery disease.
VITAL CAPACITY
PNF (PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION)
BRADYCARDIA
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
33. A contraction during which movement is produced.
ISOTONIC
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
ANATOMY
BETA OXIDATION
34. The product of anaerobic glycolysis; closely related to fatigue during high intensity exercise.
RISK FACTOR
VEIN
HYPOTONIC
LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)
35. A serious heat related disorder characterized by high core body temperature and central nervous system dysfunction.
RESTING HEART RATE
HEAT STROKE
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
36. Relating to the heart - blood vessels and lungs.
EVERSION
CARDIORESPIRATORY
ENERGY
BALLISTIC
37. A narrowing of a blood vessel resulting from sympathetic nervous system stimulation.
CATECHOLAMINE
VASOCONSTRICTION
RECTUS FEMORIS
ADHERENCE
38. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.
LDL CHOLESTEROL
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
ANATOMY
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
39. Not thinking about changing behavior.
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
ACSM
PRECONTEMPLATION
VENTILATION
40. The maximal amount of air that can be exhaled following a maximal inhalation.
COOL DOWN
FLEXIBILITY
VITAL CAPACITY
VENTILATION
41. Of or relating to the thigh.
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
HYPOXIA
CONTEMPLATION
FEMORAL
42. Fatty Tissue.
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
ADIPOSE
SARCOMERE
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR (ACE INHIBITOR)
43. An indicator of dysfunction - illness - or disease that can be felt but not seen.
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
SYMPTOM
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
STROKE VOLUME
44. A substance which promotes the removal of water from the body.
ARTHRITIS
LACTATE THRESHOLD
HYPOGLYCEMIA
DIURETIC
45. The number of days per week that exercise is performed.
SUBCUTANEOUS
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
MEDICAL REFERRAL
FREQUENCY
46. A chronic elevation of arterial blood pressure which is a primary risk factor for CAD and stroke; any resting value consistently greater than or equal to 140/90 mm Hg is considered a hypertensive value. (Hypertension)
VITAL CAPACITY
SARCOMERE
DIURETIC
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
47. Divides the body into left and right halves.
TRIGLYCERIDES
SAGITTAL PLANE
FLEXION
INFLAMMATION
48. A form of exercise where the hands (for arm exercises) or feet (for leg exercises) are in a fixed position and do not move. Examples arm body exercise are push-ups and pull-ups. Examples of leg exercises are leg press - squats - and lunges.
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
CONTRAINDICATION
OSTEOPOROSIS
49. A hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes.
TESTOSTERONE
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
ABDUCTION
ARTHRITIS
50. The proportions of fat and lean.
HAMSTRING
PREPARATION
SPIROMETER
BODY COMPOSITION