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Personal Training Vocab

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1. Excessive loss of body water.






2. An excellent indicator of environmental heat stress.






3. Divides the body into left and right halves.






4. An increase in a joint angle.






5. A form of passive exercise which is of no value for a normal - healthy individual.






6. The pulse at the wrist.






7. A procedure by which veins are used to bypass coronary arteries which have become blocked with plaque.






8. Fat that lies deep within the abdominal cavity - among the internal organs.






9. A numerical scaled used to monitor perceived exertion.






10. Of or relating to the thigh.






11. A method for assessing body composition; measures the resistance to a small electrical current.






12. Forced exhalation against a closed glottis which causes a major increase in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.






13. A disease characterized by a significant decrease in bone density.






14. The study of structure.






15. The number of days per week that exercise is performed.






16. Recommendation that a person see a qualified medical professional to review their health status.






17. Fatty Tissue.






18. The pulse at the wrist.






19. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1






20. The forward curving of the spine at the neck and lower back.






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






22. Difficult or labored breathing.






23. A decrease in the size of a body part - organ - tissue - or cell.






24. A two joint muscle which flexes the hip and extends the knee.






25. The level of physiological stress on the body during exercise.






26. An indicator of dysfunction - illness - or disease that can be felt but not seen.






27. The difference between maximal heart rate and resting heart rate.






28. Hormones which promote muscle hypertrophy and have severe health consequences.






29. A recommendation for a course of exercise to meet desirable individual objectives for fitness.






30. The process by which fatty acids are broken down to make acetyl CO-A - which then enters the Krebs Cycle.






31. The capacity or ability to perform work.






32. Liquid part of a cell which surrounds the structures within a cell.






33. A simple sugar such as sucrose found in soft drinks - candy - ice cream - etc.






34. 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.






35. 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






36. The study of structure.






37. A solution with a greater concentration of solutes than body fluids.






38. A stretch which is held for at least 15 seconds.






39. The body's gradual adaptation to a changed environment - such as heat - cold - or altitude.






40. A type of fat found both in the bloodstream and in adipose tissue - elevated triglycerides are a secondary risk factor for CHD.






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






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






43. The structural unit of proteins.






44. The structural unit of proteins.






45. Hypertension without an obvious cause; also called primary hypertension.






46. Relating to the heart and blood vessels






47. The iron containing portion of the red blood cell to which oxygen binds.






48. A significant blockage of one or more coronary arteries; also known as coronary artery disease.






49. A treadmill or bicycle ergometer test in which workload is gradually increased until an endpoint such as fatigue or VO2 max. (Stress Test)






50. The desired steady state heart rate during aerobic training.







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