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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Hormones such as epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced by the adrenal glands.
CATECHOLAMINE
PRECONTEMPLATION
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
2. Palm up.
FAINT
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
SUPINATION
SAGITTAL PLANE
3. The heart rate in beats per minute when the body is at complete rest.
RESTING HEART RATE
GERIATRIC
HYPOTONIC
FITNESS TESTING
4. A myth which says that fat can be reduced from one specific area of the body through a specific exercise.
SPOT REDUCING
GLYCOGEN
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR (ACE INHIBITOR)
CATABOLISM
5. An injury involving connective tissue.
SPRAIN
CARDIOVASCULAR
HYPERTROPHY
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
6. A fatty acid with no double bonds and generally a solid at room temperature - saturated fat is found primarily in animal products and is a major factor in CAD risk.
LACTATE THRESHOLD
HEART RATE RESERVE
WATT
SATURATED FAT
7. The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly over time.
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
STATIC STRETCH
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
ALVEOLI
8. A device used to measure pulmonary function.
PLANTAR FLEXION
SPIROMETER
TESTOSTERONE
TARGET HEART RATE
9. A muscle contraction against a resistance where movement occurs at a constant velocity.
HYDRATION
ISOKINETIC
ENERGY
EXTENSION
10. The iron containing portion of the red blood cell to which oxygen binds.
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
ANTAGONIST
COMMISSION
HEMOGLOBIN
11. Cardiorespiratory fitness - strength - flexibility and body composition.
HEALTH RELATED FITNESS
ACCLIMATIZATION
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
KARVONEN FORMULA
12. A type of drug used to treat angina - hypertension - or arrhythmias.
KETOSIS
TESTOSTERONE
ACUTE
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
13. 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. (Maximal Oxygen Uptake)
AEROBIC POWER
HYPOKINETIC
OBESITY
REPETITION
14. A bundle of muscle fibers.
PNF (PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION)
ALVEOLI
FASCICLE
CORONARY ARTERIES
15. Relating to the heart - blood vessels and lungs.
KARVONEN FORMULA
CARDIORESPIRATORY
ABDUCTION
LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)
16. A stretch which is held for at least 15 seconds.
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
STATIC STRETCH
AQUATICS
17. Liquid part of a cell which surrounds the structures within a cell.
CYTOOSOL
DIASTOLIC
ALVEOLI
STRAIN
18. A nerve cell and all of the muscle fibers it enervates.
URIC ACID
OXYGEN UPTAKE
MOTOR UNIT
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
19. A tough band of connective tissue that binds muscle to bone.
TENDON
CORONARY ARTERIES
VO2 MAX
ANTAGONIST
20. With Oxygen
BORG SCALE
AEROBIC
TARGET HEART RATE
AEROBIC POWER
21. The ability to respond to a stimulus.
EXCITABILITY
BLOOD PRESSURE
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
GLUCOSE
22. Fast - bouncy movement.
ANAEROBIC
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
BALLISTIC
SYMPTOM
23. Without oxygen.
REPETITION
ANAEROBIC
ADIPOSE
HYPERTENSION
24. Hormones which promote muscle hypertrophy and have severe health consequences.
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
ANAEROBIC
ISCHEMIA
25. A hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas which helps lower blood glucose levels.
INSULIN
SARCOLEMMA
LIPOPROTEIN
PHYSIOLOGY
26. The state of water content.
HYDRATION
BALLISTIC
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
SUBCUTANEOUS
27. Also called adult-onset diabetes; a diabetic condition often caused by obesity and sedentary lifestyle.
TROPICAL OILS
TYPE 2 DIABETES
FREQUENCY
GLYCOGEN
28. A solution with a greater concentration of solutes than body fluids.
HYPERTONIC
ISOMETRIC
CHOLESTEROL
HYPERTROPHY
29. Includes measurement of red and white blood count - hemoglobin and hematocrit.
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
CARDIAC OUTPUT
EVERSION
30. A simple sugar such as sucrose found in soft drinks - candy - ice cream - etc.
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
CONCENTRIC
31. The structural unit of proteins.
RESIDUAL VOLUME
AMINO ACIDS
SPOT REDUCING
INFLAMMATION
32. Pertaining to the lungs.
LIPOPROTEIN
EXCITABILITY
PULMONARY
CARDIAC OUTPUT
33. 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
ISOKINETIC
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
HYDRATION
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
34. Maximal oxygen consumption - maximal oxygen uptake.
VASOCONSTRICTION
CAPILLARY
VO2 MAX
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
35. Relating to the heart and blood vessels
CATABOLISM
CARDIOVASCULAR
HYPERTHERMIA
VISCERAL FAT
36. A thorough blood analysis.
SMAC-24
BALLISTIC
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
37. The amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute.
INTENSITY
INFLAMMATION
CARDIAC OUTPUT
FASCICLE
38. Of or relating to the aged.
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
LORDOSIS
GERIATRIC
ANATOMY
39. The process by which fatty acids are broken down to make acetyl CO-A - which then enters the Krebs Cycle.
CATECHOLAMINE
BETA BLOCKER
HAMSTRING
BETA OXIDATION
40. A slow - progressive disease involving the narrowing of blood vessels due to plaque accumulation.
VEIN
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
BETA OXIDATION
41. The iron containing portion of the red blood cell to which oxygen binds.
CHRONIC
HEMOGLOBIN
PRUDENT MAN TEST
WARM UP
42. Length of time.
DURATION
CALORIE
DIASTOLIC
VEIN
43. A measure of power equal to 6 kgm/min
CONTEMPLATION
FAINT
INFLAMMATION
WATT
44. Staying with a prescribed program.
PREPARATION
DIASTOLIC
SIGN
COMPLIANCE
45. A measure of intensity and duration of exercise.
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
AEROBIC POINT
CATABOLISM
STRAIN
46. Medical history.
CARDIOVASCULAR
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HEALTH HISTORY
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
47. The pressure in the arteries while the heart is contracting.
SYSTOLIC
INSULIN
RISK FACTOR
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
48. The period preceding the aerobic phase of exercise; usually consists of stretching and other movements which prepare the body for exercise.
EXTENSION
ARRHYTHMIA
RECTUS FEMORIS
WARM UP
49. Hardening of the arteries.
INVERSION
WARM UP
VISCERA
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
50. Excessive loss of body water.
PRECONTEMPLATION
ACUTE
DEHYDRATION
ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM