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Personal Training Vocab

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1. A class of drug used to treat high blood pressure.






2. Elevation in body temperature.






3. One of three muscles located on the back of the thigh - they produce the movement of knee flexion.






4. A measure of intensity and duration of exercise.






5. Death of a portion of the heart muscle due to a lack of oxygen supply. (Myocardial Infarction)






6. The end product of protein metabolism.






7. Breathing.






8. Number of beats per minute.






9. A type-1 skeletal muscle fiber - found in abundance in endurance athletes.






10. The amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute.






11. The ability to generate force.






12. The range of motion of a joint.






13. A nerve cell which conducts impulses from the central nervous system to a group of muscle fibers to produce movement.






14. The workload at which lactic acid values begin to rise exponentially.






15. One of the major proteins found in all muscle tissue.






16. Divides the body into left and right halves.






17. Sole of the foot turned outward - lifting its lateral border.






18. The muscle in opposition to the agonist.






19. The study of the function of the body as it responds to exercise.






20. A behavior or attribute that is a predictor of increased risk of disease - sometimes referred to as major risk factor.






21. Pertaining to the lungs.






22. The force that blood exerts on the walls of the arteries.






23. The method by which liability is determined.






24. Under the skin.






25. Number of beats per minute.






26. A type of drug used to treat angina - hypertension - or arrhythmias.






27. A muscular contraction during which the muscle lengthens as it generates force.






28. The structures in the cell where aerobic production of ATP takes place.






29. Also called adult-onset diabetes; a diabetic condition often caused by obesity and sedentary lifestyle.






30. A fatty acid which contains one double bond - i.e. - oleic acid.






31. Difficult or labored breathing.






32. An inert substance ingested by an individual in the hope of improving health or performance. Placebos have no true physiological effect - but can sometimes have a psychological effect.






33. American College of Sports Medicine.






34. The minimum energy required to maintain the body's life functions at rest.






35. The ability to respond to a stimulus.






36. A hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas which helps lower blood glucose levels.






37. A muscular contraction during which the muscle lengthens as it generates force.






38. A narrowing of a blood vessel resulting from sympathetic nervous system stimulation.






39. A class of drugs used for treating angina pectoris.






40. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.






41. The pulse at the wrist.






42. One of the major protein myofilaments found in muscle tissue.






43. Under the skin.






44. 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.






45. A study which observes the same subjects over a long period of time.






46. The exercise principle that the body adapts very specifically to the training stimuli it is required to deal with.






47. Identifying the specific type of customer that will want your services.






48. The structural unit of the lung; tiny air sacs where exchange of respiratory gases with the capillaries takes place.






49. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood and urine. Commonly seen in starvation diets - low carbohydrate diets and poorly controlled diabetics.






50. An ordinary instrument for measuring air temperature.