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Personal Training Vocab
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1. A form of passive exercise which is of no value for a normal - healthy individual.
TONING TABLE
PROTEIN
CORONARY ARTERIES
AQUATICS
2. A tough band of connective tissue which attaches bone to bone.
CARBON DIOXIDE
LIGAMENT
ATROPHY
STROKE VOLUME
3. Number of beats per minute.
HEART RATE
HEART ATTACK
PLACEBO
SAGITTAL PLANE
4. Relating to the heart and blood vessels
CARDIOVASCULAR
CORONARY ARTERIES
HEART RATE
SUPINATION
5. The muscle in opposition to the agonist.
ANTAGONIST
PLACEBO
EXCITABILITY
MAINTENANCE
6. A device used to measure pulmonary function.
SPECIFICITY
SPIROMETER
BYPASS SURGERY
SARCOMERE
7. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.
ACTION
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
INSULIN RESISTANCE
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
8. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
CONDITIONING
ELECTROLYTES
NITRATES
PROTEIN
9. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood and urine. Commonly seen in starvation diets - low carbohydrate diets and poorly controlled diabetics.
KETOSIS
ECCENTRIC
HDL CHOLESTEROL
VISCERAL FAT
10. The forward curving of the spine at the neck and lower back.
LORDOSIS
RENAL
MYOSIN
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
11. A method for assessing body composition; measures the resistance to a small electrical current.
CARDIAC OUTPUT
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
RENAL
TENDON
12. Any substance that improves or is thought to improve athletic performance.
ARTERY
ERGOGENIC AID
COMMISSION
ISOTONIC
13. Lack of activity.
PULMONARY
DURATION
HYPOKINETIC
KINESIOLOGY
14. Long term physical training.
CONDITIONING
TARGET HEART RATE
CATECHOLAMINE
ENDOCRINE
15. Breathing.
VALSALVA MANEUVER
ANEMIA
VENTILATION
HEART RATE
16. The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly over time.
TROPICAL OILS
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
FITNESS TESTING
HYPERTONIC
17. The state of water content.
HYDRATION
PRIMARY RISK FACTOR
VASODILATION
BLOOD PRESSURE
18. A tiny blood vessel where exchange of nutrients and wastes occurs between the bloodstream and the tissues.
PULMONARY
CAPILLARY
ISCHEMIA
HAMSTRING
19. Performing a target behavior on a regular basis for more than six months.
MAINTENANCE
GLUCOSE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
SPRAIN
20. Palm up.
ARTHRITIS
ADIPOSE
SUPINATION
STATIC STRETCH
21. BMI = 30; or waist circumference > 35 inches (female) - >40 inches (male).
OBESITY
TYPE 1 DIABETES
CHRONIC
CORONARY ARTERIES
22. Forced exhalation against a closed glottis which causes a major increase in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
VALSALVA MANEUVER
ARTHRITIS
HEAT STROKE
ACTIN
23. 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.
MET
INSULIN
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
24. A fat.
PULMONARY
FRONTAL PLANE
TACHYCARDIA
LIPID
25. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.
STRENGTH
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
ANEMIA
SIGN
26. The method by which liability is determined.
PRUDENT MAN TEST
TRAVERSE PLANE
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
RECTUS FEMORIS
27. Insufficient oxygen flow to the tissues.
BETA BLOCKER
DIABETES MELLITUS
HYPOXIA
BETA OXIDATION
28. The process of breaking down complex substances into simpler ones.
TONING TABLE
CATABOLISM
PREPARATION
COMMISSION
29. Hypertension without an obvious cause; also called primary hypertension.
RENAL
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
COMMISSION
30. The difference between maximal heart rate and resting heart rate.
HEART RATE RESERVE
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
FREQUENCY
MOTOR UNIT
31. A principle artery in both sides of the neck.
CAROTID ARTERY
CYTOOSOL
AQUATICS
CARDIOVASCULAR
32. The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly over time.
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
ABDUCTION
LIGAMENT
FAINT
33. Thinking about changing a behavior.
CONTEMPLATION
MET
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
34. 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
PRONATION
STATIC STRETCH
MOTOR UNIT
35. 3.5 ml/kg/min
ADAPTATION
ANGINA PECTORIS
BYPASS SURGERY
MET
36. The workload at which lactic acid values begin to rise exponentially.
LACTATE THRESHOLD
STRESS FRACTURE
ANTAGONIST
VASOCONSTRICTION
37. A device used to measure work output.
ERGOMETER
SPRAIN
OMISSION
EXCITABILITY
38. The structural unit of the lung; tiny air sacs where exchange of respiratory gases with the capillaries takes place.
ALVEOLI
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
VEIN
SYSTOLIC
39. Staying with a prescribed program.
COMPLIANCE
RICE PRINCIPLE
FITNESS TESTING
PREPARATION
40. A contraction during which tension is produced - but no movement occurs.
NITRATES
STRESS TEST
ISOMETRIC
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
41. A measure of power equal to 6 kgm/min
ACCLIMATIZATION
WATT
RICE PRINCIPLE
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
42. The maximal amount of force that can be generated with one maximal effort; also called 1 RM
PHYSIOLOGY
RECTUS FEMORIS
URIC ACID
ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM
43. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.
TRAVERSE PLANE
CALORIE
BETA OXIDATION
FREQUENCY
44. Identifying the specific type of customer that will want your services.
HYPERTENSION
AEROBIC POWER
ERGOGENIC AID
TARGET MARKETING
45. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.
SATURATED FAT
TRAVERSE PLANE
GLYCOGEN
FASCIA
46. The iron containing portion of the red blood cell to which oxygen binds.
FAINT
HEMOGLOBIN
CONCENTRIC
AEROBIC POWER
47. A tough band of connective tissue that binds muscle to bone.
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
FEMORAL
TENDON
ARTHRITIS
48. Of and relating to hormones.
ENDOCRINE
PRONATION
OBESITY
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
49. A waste product of metabolism which is released from the body during exhalation.
FLEXIBILITY
CONCENTRIC
LACTATE THRESHOLD
CARBON DIOXIDE
50. Also called juvenile diabetes; a diabetic condition caused by heredity.
SPIROMETER
STROKE VOLUME
TYPE 1 DIABETES
SLOW TWITCH FIBER