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Personal Training Vocab
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1. Elevated blood lipid levels.
CYTOOSOL
MET
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
INVERSION
2. One of the six essential nutrients; composed of building blocks called amino acids.
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
INFLAMMATION
TYPE 2 DIABETES
PROTEIN
3. The breakdown of glucose in the absence of oxygen.
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
KARVONEN FORMULA
PROTEIN
ISCHEMIA
4. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1
SPIROMETER
SPOT REDUCING
CALORIE
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
5. The tapering off period following a bout of exercise.
COOL DOWN
OSTEOPOROSIS
INSULIN RESISTANCE
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
6. Sudden - short term - abrupt.
KETOSIS
GLUCOSE
BURSA
ACUTE
7. A nerve cell which conducts impulses from the central nervous system to a group of muscle fibers to produce movement.
HYPERTONIC
ANTAGONIST
BODY COMPOSITION
MOTOR NEURON
8. The ability to respond to a stimulus.
EXCITABILITY
AEROBIC POWER
ANTHROPOMETRY
EXTENSION
9. An excellent indicator of environmental heat stress.
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
STRESS FRACTURE
10. The method by which liability is determined.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
ANTHROPOMETRY
PRUDENT MAN TEST
11. Divides the body into front and back halves.
NOREPINEPHRINE (NORADRENALINE)
CHRONIC
VISCERAL FAT
FRONTAL PLANE
12. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.
PHYSIOLOGY
TRAVERSE PLANE
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
WARM UP
13. Hormones which promote muscle hypertrophy and have severe health consequences.
NITRATES
HYPOGLYCEMIA
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
OVERLOAD
14. A solution with a greater concentration of solutes than body fluids.
FASCIA
CARDIAC OUTPUT
INFLAMMATION
HYPERTONIC
15. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.
RENAL
ATROPHY
PLACEBO
NOREPINEPHRINE (NORADRENALINE)
16. Of or relating to the aged.
GERIATRIC
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
LIPOPROTEIN
TACHYCARDIA
17. A relatively common overuse injury where tiny cracks develop in a bone - may not be apparent on x-ray.
BRADYCARDIA
STRESS FRACTURE
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
ERYTHROCYTES
18. An excellent indicator of environmental heat stress.
ACCLIMATIZATION
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
LORDOSIS
19. An ordinary instrument for measuring air temperature.
FAINT
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
CONTRAINDICATION
RESTING HEART RATE
20. Recommendation that a person see a qualified medical professional to review their health status.
ELECTROLYTES
FLEXIBILITY
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
MEDICAL REFERRAL
21. Also called adult-onset diabetes; a diabetic condition often caused by obesity and sedentary lifestyle.
AEROBIC POWER
RICE PRINCIPLE
WATT
TYPE 2 DIABETES
22. The process by which fatty acids are broken down to make acetyl CO-A - which then enters the Krebs Cycle.
ANAEROBIC
TYPE 1 DIABETES
LACTATE THRESHOLD
BETA OXIDATION
23. A class of drug used to treat high blood pressure.
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR (ACE INHIBITOR)
FRONTAL PLANE
APOLIPOPROTEIN
GLUCOSE
24. Length of time.
DURATION
INTENSITY
BYPASS SURGERY
STRENGTH
25. The chemical fuel for energy in the body.
HYDRATION
MOTOR NEURON
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
TYPE 1 DIABETES
26. The range of motion of a joint.
CYTOOSOL
STRAIN
FLEXIBILITY
GERIATRIC
27. A form of passive exercise which is of no value for a normal - healthy individual.
PNF (PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION)
MOTOR UNIT
HYPOTONIC
TONING TABLE
28. A type-1 skeletal muscle fiber - found in abundance in endurance athletes.
ISOKINETIC
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
SLOW TWITCH FIBER
29. Decrease in a joint angle.
FLEXION
HDL CHOLESTEROL
ARRHYTHMIA
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
30. 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
CALORIE
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
PRIMARY RISK FACTOR
31. Tiny protein strands which make up muscle tissue; actin and myosin are the major protein strands.
AEROBIC
FLEXIBILITY
MYOFILAMENTS
BRADYCARDIA
32. The pulse at the wrist.
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
RADIAL PULSE
RESIDUAL VOLUME
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
33. The ability to generate force.
STRENGTH
APOLIPOPROTEIN
INVERSION
WARM UP
34. American College of Sports Medicine.
SUPINATION
MOTOR UNIT
ACSM
STRAIN
35. A method for determining target heart rate.
MOTOR NEURON
KARVONEN FORMULA
PRUDENT MAN TEST
BORG SCALE
36. The ability to generate force.
HYPERTENSION
DIABETES MELLITUS
STRENGTH
BORG SCALE
37. The period preceding the aerobic phase of exercise; usually consists of stretching and other movements which prepare the body for exercise.
BORG SCALE
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
WARM UP
ISOMETRIC
38. Internal organs
HYPERTHERMIA
VISCERA
HEAT STROKE
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
39. Rapid heart beat.
SPRAIN
TACHYCARDIA
SPIROMETER
VITAL CAPACITY
40. The chemical fuel for energy in the body.
FAINT
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
AEROBIC POWER
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
41. Tiny protein strands which make up muscle tissue; actin and myosin are the major protein strands.
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
BURSA
MYOFILAMENTS
HEAT STROKE
42. The heart rate in beats per minute when the body is at complete rest.
LIGAMENT
HYPERTROPHY
VEIN
RESTING HEART RATE
43. A two joint muscle which flexes the hip and extends the knee.
AEROBIC
AMINO ACIDS
CONDITIONING
RECTUS FEMORIS
44. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
ELECTROLYTES
TRIGLYCERIDES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
MAINTENANCE
45. Includes measurement of red and white blood count - hemoglobin and hematocrit.
CONDITIONING
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
ANEMIA
46. A blood vessel which takes blood from the tissues to the heart.
KETOSIS
VEIN
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
RADIAL PULSE
47. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.
PRUDENT MAN TEST
AEROBIC EXERCISE
BETA BLOCKER
CARDIOVASCULAR
48. Palm up.
GLUCOSE
ADDUCTION
SUPINATION
METABOLISM
49. The structural unit of proteins.
CATECHOLAMINE
AMINO ACIDS
CONCENTRIC
TYPE 1 DIABETES
50. Fat that lies deep within the abdominal cavity - among the internal organs.
ARTHRITIS
KILOGRAM
RADIAL PULSE
VISCERAL FAT