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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A principle artery in both sides of the neck.
CAROTID ARTERY
OXYGEN UPTAKE
INFLAMMATION
FEMORAL
2. Breathing.
VISCERAL FAT
CATECHOLAMINE
SUBCUTANEOUS
VENTILATION
3. Sudden - short term - abrupt.
CALORIE
ACUTE
MITOCHONDRIA
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
4. The level of physiological stress on the body during exercise.
INTENSITY
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
DIURETIC
HYDRATION
5. Liquid part of a cell which surrounds the structures within a cell.
CYTOOSOL
MYOFILAMENTS
INFLAMMATION
ACUTE
6. The minimum energy required to maintain the body's life functions at rest.
TARGET HEART RATE
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
ERGOMETER
BRADYCARDIA
7. Under the skin.
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
MOTOR NEURON
ACUTE
SUBCUTANEOUS
8. A tiny blood vessel where exchange of nutrients and wastes occurs between the bloodstream and the tissues.
SARCOLEMMA
GRADED EXERCISE TEST
FREQUENCY
CAPILLARY
9. Without oxygen.
ANAEROBIC
REPETITION
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
CARBON DIOXIDE
10. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
HEART RATE RESERVE
MOTOR NEURON
ELECTROLYTES
DURATION
11. The structures in the cell where aerobic production of ATP takes place.
VASODILATION
MITOCHONDRIA
BRADYCARDIA
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
12. An indicator of dysfunction or disease that can be seen with the naked eye.
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
SIGN
CATECHOLAMINE
TESTOSTERONE
13. Sole of the foot turned outward - lifting its lateral border.
EVERSION
SPIROMETER
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
AMINO ACIDS
14. The area from one Z line to the next Z line in muscle cells.
SARCOMERE
SMAC-24
ACTIN
DORSI FLEXION
15. Excessive loss of body water.
HEMOGLOBIN
VASOCONSTRICTION
DEHYDRATION
SMAC-24
16. Elevated blood lipid levels.
ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
BLOOD PRESSURE
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
17. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1
CALORIE
ADAPTATION
ALVEOLI
ADAPTATION
18. The capacity or ability to perform work.
ENERGY
CALORIE
RESTING HEART RATE
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
19. Making the body do more work than it is accustomed to doing.
OVERLOAD
COOL DOWN
CATECHOLAMINE
AEROBIC EXERCISE
20. A decrease in the size of a body part - organ - tissue - or cell.
TACHYCARDIA
ATROPHY
FLEXION
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
21. A subnormal hemoglobin content or number of red blood cells.
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
ANEMIA
22. A fatty acid which contains one double bond - i.e. - oleic acid.
ERGOGENIC AID
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
EXCITABILITY
ERGOGENIC AID
23. A measure of intensity and duration of exercise.
COOL DOWN
ANTHROPOMETRY
AEROBIC POINT
FLEXION
24. A process by which risk is determined.
CARBON DIOXIDE
INTENSITY
MEDICAL SCREENING
ANAEROBIC
25. An indicator of dysfunction - illness - or disease that can be felt but not seen.
MET
SYMPTOM
AEROBIC POWER
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
26. A recommendation for a course of exercise to meet desirable individual objectives for fitness.
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
RECTUS FEMORIS
BRADYCARDIA
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
27. A type of drug used to treat angina - hypertension - or arrhythmias.
MYOFILAMENTS
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
AEROBIC
28. Measuring of the various indicators of fitness - i.e. - strength - flexibility - body composition and cardiovascular fitness.
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
SARCOMERE
FITNESS TESTING
METABOLISM
29. An excellent indicator of environmental heat stress.
VISCERA
CONCENTRIC
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
ADDUCTION
30. The study of the function of the body as it responds to exercise.
ENERGY
MAINTENANCE
SAGITTAL PLANE
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
31. An exercise movement performed one time.
REPETITION
ECCENTRIC
FLEXION
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
32. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.
BETA OXIDATION
KINESIOLOGY
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
SARCOMERE
33. The chemical fuel for energy in the body.
VALSALVA MANEUVER
PRUDENT MAN TEST
TARGET HEART RATE
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
34. A device used for measurement of blood pressure.
HYPERTONIC
MAINTENANCE
TARGET MARKETING
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
35. A fat.
LIPID
HYPOXIA
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
FASCICLE
36. An injury involving muscle tissue.
ADDUCTION
COMPLIANCE
LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)
STRAIN
37. A condition where by the risks of exercise outweigh the benefits.
CONTRAINDICATION
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
INTENSITY
KILOGRAM
38. 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.
PLACEBO
PRIMARY RISK FACTOR
MET
VEIN
39. A form of passive exercise which is of no value for a normal - healthy individual.
TONING TABLE
OVERLOAD
PRECONTEMPLATION
CYTOOSOL
40. A relatively common overuse injury where tiny cracks develop in a bone - may not be apparent on x-ray.
MET
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
STRESS FRACTURE
TENDON
41. A myth which says that fat can be reduced from one specific area of the body through a specific exercise.
SPOT REDUCING
ACTION
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
42. An increase in a joint angle.
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
CARDIAC OUTPUT
EXTENSION
43. Thinking about changing a behavior.
CONTEMPLATION
HYPOTONIC
MYOSIN
FEMORAL
44. Elevated blood lipid levels.
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
HYPERTONIC
AEROBIC
EXCITABILITY
45. 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
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
ENDOCRINE
KINESIOLOGY
46. A condition where the body is resistant to the effects of insulin; typically seen in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
INSULIN RESISTANCE
INTENSITY
LIPOPROTEIN
BYPASS SURGERY
47. The tapering off period following a bout of exercise.
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
SUBCUTANEOUS
LACTATE THRESHOLD
COOL DOWN
48. A two joint muscle which flexes the hip and extends the knee.
ALVEOLI
CONDITIONING
RECTUS FEMORIS
MEDICAL REFERRAL
49. The pulse at the wrist.
HEMOGLOBIN
RADIAL PULSE
NOREPINEPHRINE (NORADRENALINE)
PRONATION
50. The study of the principles of mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement.
ANGINA PECTORIS
FLEXIBILITY
MOTOR UNIT
KINESIOLOGY