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Personal Training Vocab

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1. The muscle most involved in producing a movement.






2. A condition where the resting systolic blood pressure is =140 mm Hg but the resting diastolic blood pressure is <90mm Hg.






3. The difference in the amount of oxygen between the arteries and the veins. Represents how much O2 has been used by the tissue.






4. The breakdown of glucose in the absence of oxygen.






5. Without symptoms.






6. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood and urine. Commonly seen in starvation diets - low carbohydrate diets and poorly controlled diabetics.






7. Medical history.






8. Exercise or sports activities in or on water.






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






10. An excellent indicator of environmental heat stress.






11. A fat.






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






13. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood and urine. Commonly seen in starvation diets - low carbohydrate diets and poorly controlled diabetics.






14. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.






15. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.






16. Red blood cells.






17. A small - dense lipoprotein composed mainly of protein. Often termed the 'good' cholesterol. High levels are associated with a lowering of risk for CAD.






18. The maximal amount of oxygen that the body can utilize per kilogram of body weight per minute. Also called max VO2 - VO2 max - cardiorespiratory fitness level - aerobic power.






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






20. The area from one Z line to the next Z line in muscle cells.






21. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.






22. A blood vessel which takes blood away from the heart. The exceptions are the coronary arteries - which lie within the heart.






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






24. An increase in a joint angle.






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






26. Sticking with a program.






27. A hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes.






28. A condition where the body is resistant to the effects of insulin; typically seen in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.






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






30. A condition where by the risks of exercise outweigh the benefits.






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






32. Not thinking about changing behavior.






33. The study of the principles of mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement.






34. Difficult or labored breathing.






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






36. Divides the body into front and back halves.






37. The end product of protein metabolism.






38. Hardening of the arteries.






39. Also known as coronary artery disease.






40. A principle artery in both sides of the neck.






41. A relatively common overuse injury where tiny cracks develop in a bone - may not be apparent on x-ray.






42. Making the body do more work than it is accustomed to doing.






43. A method for determining target heart rate.






44. A method of assessing body composition - also referred to as underwater weighing.






45. A muscular contraction during which the muscle lengthens as it generates force.






46. Connective tissue which surrounds muscles and various organs of the body.






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






48. A serious heat related disorder characterized by high core body temperature and central nervous system dysfunction.






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






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