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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Inactive.
METABOLISM
SEDENTARY
DYSPNEA
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
2. Internal organs
VISCERA
BRADYCARDIA
ARTERY
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
3. A treadmill or bicycle ergometer test in which workload is gradually increased until an endpoint such as fatigue or VO2 max. (Graded Exercise Test)
STRESS TEST
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
SARCOMERE
MYOSIN
4. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
RICE PRINCIPLE
LDL CHOLESTEROL
LIPOPROTEIN
ELECTROLYTES
5. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.
VISCERAL FAT
CONTEMPLATION
PLANTAR FLEXION
VISCERA
6. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
OXYGEN UPTAKE
AEROBIC
PRONATION
ELECTROLYTES
7. A recommendation for a course of exercise to meet desirable individual objectives for fitness.
HEAT STROKE
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
SUBCUTANEOUS
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
8. A narrowing of a blood vessel resulting from sympathetic nervous system stimulation.
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
TACHYCARDIA
VASOCONSTRICTION
OSTEOPOROSIS
9. One of the major proteins found in all muscle tissue.
ACTIN
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
SIGN
PHYSIOLOGY
10. The heart rate in beats per minute when the body is at complete rest.
SAGITTAL PLANE
HYPOGLYCEMIA
RESTING HEART RATE
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
11. An indicator of dysfunction or disease that can be seen with the naked eye.
TACHYCARDIA
KILOGRAM
SIGN
HEART RATE
12. A type of drug used to treat angina - hypertension - or arrhythmias.
ISOTONIC
DORSI FLEXION
INVERSION
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
13. Without symptoms.
BURSA
PRUDENT MAN TEST
ASYMPTOMATIC
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
14. A stretch which is held for at least 15 seconds.
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
ERGOGENIC AID
STATIC STRETCH
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
15. An ordinary instrument for measuring air temperature.
OXYGEN UPTAKE
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
RECTUS FEMORIS
ARTHRITIS
16. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.
VEIN
TRAVERSE PLANE
APOLIPOPROTEIN
RESTING HEART RATE
17. Sole of the foot turned outward - lifting its lateral border.
AEROBIC
VENTILATION
EVERSION
CYTOOSOL
18. The study of the function of the body.
ARRHYTHMIA
RESTING HEART RATE
PHYSIOLOGY
WATT
19. Fat that lies deep within the abdominal cavity - among the internal organs.
CHRONIC
ACSM
HYPERTONIC
VISCERAL FAT
20. Red blood cells.
ERYTHROCYTES
HYPERTENSION
ACTION
OBESITY
21. The proportions of fat and lean.
RESIDUAL VOLUME
SYSTOLIC
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
BODY COMPOSITION
22. A substance which promotes the removal of water from the body.
ACTIN
DIURETIC
SPECIFICITY
SATURATED FAT
23. A condition where the body is resistant to the effects of insulin; typically seen in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
ADAPTATION
FLEXIBILITY
INSULIN RESISTANCE
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
24. Hardening of the arteries.
OVERLOAD
HDL CHOLESTEROL
BALLISTIC
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
25. An injury involving muscle tissue.
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
STRAIN
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
PRECONTEMPLATION
26. The process by which fatty acids are broken down to make acetyl CO-A - which then enters the Krebs Cycle.
DORSI FLEXION
GRADED EXERCISE TEST
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
BETA OXIDATION
27. A large lipoprotein composed mostly of cholesterol; elevated LDL levels are strongly related to increased CAD risk.
DURATION
ADDUCTION
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
LDL CHOLESTEROL
28. A hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes.
PNF (PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION)
CAPILLARY
TESTOSTERONE
BORG SCALE
29. A condition where oxygen demand exceeds oxygen supply; often a cause of angina.
SATURATED FAT
ISCHEMIA
MITOCHONDRIA
ARRHYTHMIA
30. The number of days per week that exercise is performed.
BETA BLOCKER
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
PLACEBO
FREQUENCY
31. The structural unit of the lung; tiny air sacs where exchange of respiratory gases with the capillaries takes place.
ALVEOLI
ASYMPTOMATIC
ADAPTATION
MYOSIN
32. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
MITOCHONDRIA
SYMPTOM
33. Sudden - short term - abrupt.
ACUTE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
HEART ATTACK
HYPERTHERMIA
34. The iron containing portion of the red blood cell to which oxygen binds.
RESTING HEART RATE
HEMOGLOBIN
ANAEROBIC
LDL CHOLESTEROL
35. Inflammation of the joints.
CONTEMPLATION
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
ARTHRITIS
BURSA
36. A molecule that is a combination of protein and lipid; are the transporters of cholesterol in the bloodstream.
LIPOPROTEIN
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
SPECIFICITY
ACTION
37. 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)
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HYDRATION
APOLIPOPROTEIN
STRESS TEST
38. The method by which liability is determined.
PRUDENT MAN TEST
ANTAGONIST
OXYGEN UPTAKE
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
39. A slow - progressive disease involving the narrowing of blood vessels due to plaque accumulation.
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
FREQUENCY
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
FRONTAL PLANE
40. Also known as coronary artery disease.
CONTEMPLATION
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
CONTRAINDICATION
LIGAMENT
41. The arteries which supply the heart muscle with oxygen.
MOTOR UNIT
CORONARY ARTERIES
OBESITY
VASODILATION
42. Insufficient oxygen flow to the tissues.
KETOSIS
KETOSIS
HYPOXIA
STRESS TEST
43. A slow - progressive disease involving the narrowing of blood vessels due to plaque accumulation.
ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
CONCENTRIC
EVERSION
44. The maximal amount of oxygen that the body can utilize per kilogram of body weight per minute. Also called max VO2 - VO2 max - cardiorespiratory fitness level - aerobic power.
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
GLUCOSE
HEALTH HISTORY
INFLAMMATION
45. A contraction during which movement is produced.
SUPINATION
ANTAGONIST
MOTOR NEURON
ISOTONIC
46. The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly over time.
SATURATED FAT
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
47. Difficult or labored breathing.
CHOLESTEROL
DYSPNEA
STROKE VOLUME
AEROBIC POWER
48. Tiny protein strands which make up muscle tissue; actin and myosin are the major protein strands.
HEALTH RELATED FITNESS
BODY DENSITY
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
MYOFILAMENTS
49. A substance which promotes the removal of water from the body.
INFLAMMATION
ADDUCTION
DIURETIC
AEROBIC POWER
50. A simple sugar such as sucrose found in soft drinks - candy - ice cream - etc.
SAGITTAL PLANE
HYPERTHERMIA
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
KILOGRAM