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Personal Training Vocab

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






2. Tiny protein strands which make up muscle tissue; actin and myosin are the major protein strands.






3. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.






4. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.






5. Sole of the foot turned outward - lifting its lateral border.






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






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






8. The minimum energy required to maintain the body's life functions at rest.






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






10. 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






11. American College of Sports Medicine.






12. Rapid heart beat.






13. Also called juvenile diabetes; a diabetic condition caused by heredity.






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






15. A behavior or attribute that is a predictor of increased risk of disease - sometimes referred to as major risk factor.






16. A fatty acid which contains one double bond - i.e. - oleic acid.






17. The pulse at the wrist.






18. The most common type of arthritis.






19. Not thinking about changing behavior.






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






21. Identifying the specific type of customer that will want your services.






22. Doing something that should not have been done.






23. Relating to the heart - blood vessels and lungs.






24. 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)






25. Fast - bouncy movement.






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






27. A fat.






28. Long term physical training.






29. The pressure in the arteries while the heart is contracting.






30. A method for determining target heart rate.






31. A recording of the electrical activity in the heart as it beats.






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






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






34. Relating to the heart and blood vessels






35. The science of the measurement of the human body with regard to size and body composition.






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






37. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.






38. Includes measurement of red and white blood count - hemoglobin and hematocrit.






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






40. A device used to measure pulmonary function.






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






42. Palm up.






43. The process of breaking down complex substances into simpler ones.






44. Pain in the chest; a common symptom of coronary artery disease.






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






46. Inflammation of the joints.






47. Fatty Tissue.






48. Difficult or labored breathing.






49. A measure of power equal to 6 kgm/min






50. Hardening of the arteries.







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