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Personal Training Vocab
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1. Divides the body into front and back halves.
CORONARY ARTERIES
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
FRONTAL PLANE
BORG SCALE
2. A device used to measure work output.
LIPOPROTEIN
HEAT STROKE
ERGOMETER
TRAVERSE PLANE
3. A solution with a lower concentration of solutes than body fluids.
VASODILATION
HYPOTONIC
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
RESTING HEART RATE
4. Excessive loss of body water.
DEHYDRATION
BETA OXIDATION
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
OSTEOPOROSIS
5. To lose consciousness - as in a syncopal attack.
FAINT
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
LORDOSIS
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
6. A nerve cell which conducts impulses from the central nervous system to a group of muscle fibers to produce movement.
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
MOTOR NEURON
SUPINATION
GLYCOGEN
7. Inflammation of the joints.
AEROBIC POWER
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
ARTHRITIS
FITNESS TESTING
8. A substance which promotes the removal of water from the body.
COOL DOWN
ENERGY
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
DIURETIC
9. An ordinary instrument for measuring air temperature.
ACTIN
PLACEBO
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
TROPICAL OILS
10. 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.
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
GLYCOGEN
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
11. Sticking with a program.
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
HEART ATTACK
ADHERENCE
12. An exercise movement performed one time.
REPETITION
INVERSION
DIURETIC
AEROBIC POINT
13. The method by which liability is determined.
INTENSITY
PRUDENT MAN TEST
LORDOSIS
ADDUCTION
14. A hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes.
OSTEOPOROSIS
TESTOSTERONE
ADHERENCE
ADDUCTION
15. 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.
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
HEALTH RELATED FITNESS
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
16. A molecule that is a combination of protein and lipid; are the transporters of cholesterol in the bloodstream.
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
LIPOPROTEIN
LIPID
17. A relatively common overuse injury where tiny cracks develop in a bone - may not be apparent on x-ray.
STRESS FRACTURE
ADAPTATION
OSTEOARTHRITIS
RISK FACTOR
18. The number of days per week that exercise is performed.
AGONIST
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
FREQUENCY
ACSM
19. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
ELECTROLYTES
SUPINATION
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
CARDIORESPIRATORY
20. The muscle most involved in producing a movement.
AGONIST
VASOCONSTRICTION
AEROBIC POWER
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
21. Difficult or labored breathing.
DYSPNEA
EXCITABILITY
NITRATES
TONING TABLE
22. A method of assessing body composition - also referred to as underwater weighing.
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
AQUATICS
ALVEOLI
23. A stretch which is held for at least 15 seconds.
SPECIFICITY
STATIC STRETCH
AQUATICS
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
24. A method for determining target heart rate.
KARVONEN FORMULA
SARCOMERE
AMINO ACIDS
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
25. A fatty acid which contains many double bonds - i.e. - safflower oil.
AEROBIC POINT
SPOT REDUCING
SPIROMETER
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
26. Inactive.
ABDUCTION
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
SEDENTARY
FEMORAL
27. The level of physiological stress on the body during exercise.
CHRONIC
ISOTONIC
TENDON
INTENSITY
28. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
HYPOTONIC
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR (ACE INHIBITOR)
LACTATE THRESHOLD
ELECTROLYTES
29. Sudden - short term - abrupt.
HYPERTENSION
HYPOXIA
ACUTE
RESTING HEART RATE
30. Movement toward the mid-line of the body.
PRIMARY RISK FACTOR
LORDOSIS
LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)
ADDUCTION
31. The most common type of arthritis.
LONGITUDINAL STUDY
ERGOMETER
OSTEOARTHRITIS
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
32. Fat that lies deep within the abdominal cavity - among the internal organs.
ACUTE
ACCLIMATIZATION
VISCERAL FAT
ISOMETRIC
33. A nerve cell which conducts impulses from the central nervous system to a group of muscle fibers to produce movement.
INTENSITY
CATECHOLAMINE
MOTOR NEURON
ACUTE
34. Elevation in body temperature.
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
SAGITTAL PLANE
HYPERTHERMIA
DURATION
35. A procedure by which veins are used to bypass coronary arteries which have become blocked with plaque.
PREPARATION
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
BYPASS SURGERY
VALSALVA MANEUVER
36. Under the skin.
KETOSIS
REPETITION
SUBCUTANEOUS
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
37. An excellent indicator of environmental heat stress.
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
CONCENTRIC
FITNESS TESTING
METABOLISM
38. Of or relating to the thigh.
ISOMETRIC
FEMORAL
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
NOREPINEPHRINE (NORADRENALINE)
39. A blood vessel which takes blood from the tissues to the heart.
KARVONEN FORMULA
VEIN
AEROBIC EXERCISE
INFLAMMATION
40. An ordinary instrument for measuring air temperature.
COMMISSION
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
INSULIN
41. Palm up.
SUPINATION
SPRAIN
PRONATION
TRIGLYCERIDES
42. Rapid heart beat.
TACHYCARDIA
ACCLIMATIZATION
DEHYDRATION
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
43. Any substance that improves or is thought to improve athletic performance.
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
INTENSITY
HEAT STROKE
ERGOGENIC AID
44. Divides the body into left and right halves.
HEAT STROKE
HEMOGLOBIN
SAGITTAL PLANE
REPETITION
45. Under the skin.
GLUCOSE
SUBCUTANEOUS
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
46. 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. (Aerobic Power)
SARCOLEMMA
SLOW TWITCH FIBER
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
AGONIST
47. Exercise or sports activities in or on water.
BLOOD PRESSURE
AEROBIC
AQUATICS
INSULIN RESISTANCE
48. The muscle in opposition to the agonist.
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
ANTAGONIST
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
METABOLISM
49. The breakdown of glucose in the absence of oxygen.
FASCICLE
CARDIORESPIRATORY
PRECONTEMPLATION
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
50. Making the body do more work than it is accustomed to doing.
OVERLOAD
ACCLIMATIZATION
ERGOMETER
HYPERLIPIDEMIA