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Personal Training Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hormones which promote muscle hypertrophy and have severe health consequences.






2. The enlarging of a blood vessel to increase blood flow to a body part.






3. Of or relating to the thigh.






4. Excessive loss of body water.






5. Pertaining to the lungs.






6. Palm up.






7. Amino acids that must be obtained in the diet.






8. A process by which risk is determined.






9. The pressure in the arteries when the heart is between beats.






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.






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






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)






13. The study of the function of the body.






14. The specific gravity of the body - which can be estimated by underwater weighing.






15. Decrease in a joint angle.






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






17. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.






18. An injury involving muscle tissue.






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






20. BMI = 30; or waist circumference > 35 inches (female) - >40 inches (male).






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






22. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.






23. The state of water content.






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






25. The protein 'shell' which surrounds the lipoprotein.






26. Palm down.






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






28. Any substance that improves or is thought to improve athletic performance.






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






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






31. A nerve cell and all of the muscle fibers it enervates.






32. The amount of oxygen used by the tissues per unit of time.






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)






34. An increase in size.






35. Any substance that improves or is thought to improve athletic performance.






36. Doing something that should not have been done.






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






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.






39. Failing to do something that should have been done.






40. With Oxygen






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






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






43. Fatty Tissue.






44. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.






45. An ordinary instrument for measuring air temperature.






46. A resting heart rate less than 60 beats per minute.






47. Rapid heart beat.






48. Decrease in a joint angle.






49. Movement of a limb away from the mid-line of the body. For the shoulder joint - the arm continues to the vertical.






50. The capacity or ability to perform work.