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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Hormones which promote muscle hypertrophy and have severe health consequences.
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
MITOCHONDRIA
COMPLIANCE
ENDOCRINE
2. The enlarging of a blood vessel to increase blood flow to a body part.
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
VASODILATION
FREQUENCY
3. Of or relating to the thigh.
MET
RENAL
FEMORAL
MEDICAL REFERRAL
4. Excessive loss of body water.
CALORIE
WATT
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
DEHYDRATION
5. Pertaining to the lungs.
FEMORAL
PULMONARY
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
OXYGEN UPTAKE
6. Palm up.
SUPINATION
VASOCONSTRICTION
SUBCUTANEOUS
STATIC STRETCH
7. Amino acids that must be obtained in the diet.
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
CYTOOSOL
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
8. A process by which risk is determined.
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
OMISSION
MEDICAL SCREENING
9. The pressure in the arteries when the heart is between beats.
CONCENTRIC
DIASTOLIC
INTENSITY
GERIATRIC
10. The fastest heart rate possible under normal maximal exercise conditions. Can be estimated by using the formula 220-age or by using other formulas.
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
SPECIFICITY
LACTATE THRESHOLD
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
11. An indicator of dysfunction - illness - or disease that can be felt but not seen.
DIASTOLIC
SYMPTOM
TYPE 2 DIABETES
ANATOMY
12. 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. (High Blood Pressure)
TYPE 2 DIABETES
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
CATECHOLAMINE
HYPERTENSION
13. The study of the function of the body.
BODY DENSITY
PHYSIOLOGY
VENTILATION
ALVEOLI
14. The specific gravity of the body - which can be estimated by underwater weighing.
TESTOSTERONE
BODY DENSITY
ABDUCTION
PROTEIN
15. Decrease in a joint angle.
DIURETIC
ACUTE
FLEXION
CHOLESTEROL
16. A narrowing of a blood vessel resulting from sympathetic nervous system stimulation.
ADIPOSE
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
VASOCONSTRICTION
INVERSION
17. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.
PROTEIN
PREPARATION
PLANTAR FLEXION
BALLISTIC
18. An injury involving muscle tissue.
DIABETES MELLITUS
FREQUENCY
VO2 MAX
STRAIN
19. The body's gradual adaptation to a changed environment - such as heat - cold - or altitude.
SIGN
HDL CHOLESTEROL
ACCLIMATIZATION
FASCICLE
20. BMI = 30; or waist circumference > 35 inches (female) - >40 inches (male).
LONGITUDINAL STUDY
OBESITY
ADAPTATION
SIGN
21. A stretch which is held for at least 15 seconds.
STATIC STRETCH
PREPARATION
VASODILATION
STRESS FRACTURE
22. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
NOREPINEPHRINE (NORADRENALINE)
PRUDENT MAN TEST
NITRATES
23. The state of water content.
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
HYDRATION
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
OSTEOPOROSIS
24. The level of physiological stress on the body during exercise.
EXTENSION
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
CATABOLISM
INTENSITY
25. The protein 'shell' which surrounds the lipoprotein.
SPOT REDUCING
BYPASS SURGERY
APOLIPOPROTEIN
HYPOTONIC
26. Palm down.
COMPLIANCE
PRONATION
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
KARVONEN FORMULA
27. A graded exercise test to exhaustion - during which the ECG and blood pressure responses are carefully monitored. The purpose of a maximal treadmill exercise test is to determine cardiorespiratory fitness level and/or diagnose coronary artery disease
AEROBIC EXERCISE
BORG SCALE
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
ACTIN
28. Any substance that improves or is thought to improve athletic performance.
SYMPTOM
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
VITAL CAPACITY
ERGOGENIC AID
29. A decrease in the size of a body part - organ - tissue - or cell.
RECTUS FEMORIS
ARTERY
ATROPHY
ANGINA PECTORIS
30. A type of fat found both in the bloodstream and in adipose tissue - elevated triglycerides are a secondary risk factor for CHD.
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
TRIGLYCERIDES
MYOFILAMENTS
ACSM
31. A nerve cell and all of the muscle fibers it enervates.
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
FLEXION
MOTOR UNIT
32. The amount of oxygen used by the tissues per unit of time.
STRENGTH
AQUATICS
OXYGEN UPTAKE
AEROBIC EXERCISE
33. A treadmill or bicycle ergometer test in which workload is gradually increased until an endpoint such as fatigue or VO2 max. (Graded Exercise Test)
SYSTOLIC
BYPASS SURGERY
STRESS TEST
ADDUCTION
34. An increase in size.
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
TARGET MARKETING
TYPE 2 DIABETES
HYPERTROPHY
35. Any substance that improves or is thought to improve athletic performance.
WARM UP
INVERSION
OSTEOARTHRITIS
ERGOGENIC AID
36. Doing something that should not have been done.
TYPE 2 DIABETES
LIGAMENT
PREPARATION
COMMISSION
37. One of three muscles located on the back of the thigh - they produce the movement of knee flexion.
HAMSTRING
CONTEMPLATION
PRUDENT MAN TEST
HYPOKINETIC
38. A very large lipoprotein composed mainly of triglycerides; most of the cholesterol produced by the liver is VLDL - but it is usually converted to LDL or HDL very quickly throughout the body.
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
CALORIE
PNF (PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION)
ABDUCTION
39. Failing to do something that should have been done.
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
FLEXIBILITY
MOTOR NEURON
OMISSION
40. With Oxygen
SLOW TWITCH FIBER
APOLIPOPROTEIN
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
AEROBIC
41. A class of drugs used for treating angina pectoris.
SARCOMERE
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
NITRATES
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
42. A form of exercise where the hands (for arm exercises) or feet (for leg exercises) are not in a fixed position and can move freely. Arm body exercises are dumbbell curls and lateral raises. Leg exercises are seated knee extensions and prone hamstring
EXTENSION
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
PLANTAR FLEXION
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
43. Fatty Tissue.
ADIPOSE
ANATOMY
INVERSION
ANTAGONIST
44. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.
TRAVERSE PLANE
AGONIST
DEHYDRATION
ATROPHY
45. An ordinary instrument for measuring air temperature.
ECCENTRIC
BURSA
DIABETES MELLITUS
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
46. A resting heart rate less than 60 beats per minute.
BRADYCARDIA
TONING TABLE
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
47. Rapid heart beat.
DORSI FLEXION
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
ADAPTATION
TACHYCARDIA
48. Decrease in a joint angle.
HEART RATE RESERVE
HEART RATE RESERVE
FLEXION
HDL CHOLESTEROL
49. Movement of a limb away from the mid-line of the body. For the shoulder joint - the arm continues to the vertical.
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
AMINO ACIDS
PULMONARY
ABDUCTION
50. The capacity or ability to perform work.
ENERGY
TYPE 2 DIABETES
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
ISOMETRIC