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Personal Training Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A recommendation for a course of exercise to meet desirable individual objectives for fitness.






2. A device used to measure pulmonary function.






3. An increase in size.






4. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.






5. Relating to the heart and blood vessels






6. Also called adult-onset diabetes; a diabetic condition often caused by obesity and sedentary lifestyle.






7. Hormones which promote muscle hypertrophy and have severe health consequences.






8. Doing something that should not have been done.






9. A slow - progressive disease involving the narrowing of blood vessels due to plaque accumulation.






10. With Oxygen






11. Also known as coronary artery disease.






12. The body's local response to injury - characterized by pain - with heat - redness - swelling and loss of function.






13. Decrease in a joint angle.






14. The worst of the saturated fats; palm oil - coconut oil and palm kernel oil.






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






16. Fatty Tissue.






17. A behavior or characteristic which increases probability for disease.






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






19. Hormones such as epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced by the adrenal glands.






20. A device used for measurement of blood pressure.






21. Rest - Ice - Compression and Elevation - represents treatment for acute injuries.






22. Sudden - short term - abrupt.






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






24. The muscle most involved in producing a movement.






25. The process by which fatty acids are broken down to make acetyl CO-A - which then enters the Krebs Cycle.






26. Taking steps to begin to change a behavior.






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






28. A method for assessing body composition; measures the resistance to a small electrical current.






29. Inflammation of the joints.






30. Length of time.






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






32. The structural unit of proteins.






33. Blood circulation through small side branches that can supplement or substitute for the main vessel's delivery of blood to certain tissues.






34. The product of anaerobic glycolysis; closely related to fatigue during high intensity exercise.






35. Sticking with a program.






36. A very effective stretching technique.






37. Performing a target behavior on a regular basis for less than six months.






38. A measure of intensity and duration of exercise.






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






40. The total of all the chemical and physical processes by which the body builds and maintains itself - and by which it breaks down its substances for the production of energy.






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






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






43. Staying with a prescribed program.






44. Fat that lies deep within the abdominal cavity - among the internal organs.






45. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.






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






47. Pertaining to the kidneys.






48. The difference between maximal heart rate and resting heart rate.






49. The stored form of glucose - found in the liver and skeletal muscle.






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