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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. An increase in size.
PRUDENT MAN TEST
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
HYPERTROPHY
ANTAGONIST
2. A hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes.
TONING TABLE
TESTOSTERONE
FAINT
KILOGRAM
3. A tough band of connective tissue which attaches bone to bone.
SUBCUTANEOUS
HDL CHOLESTEROL
LIGAMENT
TONING TABLE
4. Also called juvenile diabetes; a diabetic condition caused by heredity.
KINESIOLOGY
TYPE 1 DIABETES
HYDRATION
VISCERA
5. Also called adult-onset diabetes; a diabetic condition often caused by obesity and sedentary lifestyle.
TYPE 2 DIABETES
ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
6. To lose consciousness - as in a syncopal attack.
FAINT
ELECTROLYTES
RADIAL PULSE
LDL CHOLESTEROL
7. A subnormal hemoglobin content or number of red blood cells.
ANEMIA
EXCITABILITY
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
MAXIMAL HEART RATE
8. The cell membrane of a muscle cell.
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
TENDON
SARCOLEMMA
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
9. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.
BETA BLOCKER
CONTEMPLATION
ECCENTRIC
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
10. Excessive loss of body water.
DEHYDRATION
HYPERTENSION
ISOMETRIC
MEDICAL SCREENING
11. Any substance that improves or is thought to improve athletic performance.
SPOT REDUCING
ANATOMY
ERGOGENIC AID
CARDIORESPIRATORY
12. 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.
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
BRADYCARDIA
SATURATED FAT
HYPOKINETIC
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)
HYPERTROPHY
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
AEROBIC POWER
14. 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. (Aerobic Power)
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
ENDOCRINE
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
HEALTH RELATED FITNESS
15. The minimum energy required to maintain the body's life functions at rest.
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
GERIATRIC
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
16. The proportions of fat and lean.
BODY COMPOSITION
AQUATICS
MEDICAL SCREENING
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
17. A nerve cell and all of the muscle fibers it enervates.
MOTOR UNIT
ANEMIA
VENTILATION
SIGN
18. The process by which fatty acids are broken down to make acetyl CO-A - which then enters the Krebs Cycle.
BETA OXIDATION
SAGITTAL PLANE
ENDOCRINE
URIC ACID
19. The most common type of arthritis.
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
COOL DOWN
OSTEOARTHRITIS
SIGN
20. A very large lipoprotein composed mainly of triglycerides; most of the cholesterol produced by the liver is VLDL - but it is usually converted to LDL or HDL very quickly throughout the body.
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
STRENGTH
ACTION
SARCOLEMMA
21. Sole of the foot turned outward - lifting its lateral border.
GLUCOSE
MOTOR NEURON
SMAC-24
EVERSION
22. The workload at which lactic acid values begin to rise exponentially.
LACTATE THRESHOLD
ATROPHY
FITNESS TESTING
SYSTOLIC
23. Pain in the chest; a common symptom of coronary artery disease.
TYPE 2 DIABETES
BRADYCARDIA
BODY DENSITY
ANGINA PECTORIS
24. A subjective rating of intensity/effort by the exercise participant.
HYPOTONIC
PERCEIVED EXERTION
CAPILLARY
CONDITIONING
25. A numerical scaled used to monitor perceived exertion.
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
ACUTE
CONTRAINDICATION
BORG SCALE
26. A condition where the resting systolic blood pressure is =140 mm Hg but the resting diastolic blood pressure is <90mm Hg.
REPETITION
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
MITOCHONDRIA
27. Also called juvenile diabetes; a diabetic condition caused by heredity.
SPRAIN
TYPE 1 DIABETES
ATROPHY
SAGITTAL PLANE
28. Staying with a prescribed program.
COMPLIANCE
TRAVERSE PLANE
RADIAL PULSE
EVERSION
29. A solution with a lower concentration of solutes than body fluids.
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
ASYMPTOMATIC
HYPOTONIC
GERIATRIC
30. A nerve cell and all of the muscle fibers it enervates.
MOTOR UNIT
ABDUCTION
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
INSULIN RESISTANCE
31. The difference in the amount of oxygen between the arteries and the veins. Represents how much O2 has been used by the tissue.
FLEXIBILITY
COMPLIANCE
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
32. An injury involving connective tissue.
ARTHRITIS
ACCLIMATIZATION
SPECIFICITY
SPRAIN
33. Thinking about changing a behavior.
CONTEMPLATION
TYPE 1 DIABETES
AQUATICS
COMPLIANCE
34. A simple sugar which is the primary end product of carbohydrate digestion - a prime energy source for the body.
GLUCOSE
ASYMPTOMATIC
SPIROMETER
APOLIPOPROTEIN
35. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
FLEXION
AMINO ACIDS
BETA BLOCKER
36. Sudden - short term - abrupt.
ACUTE
SUBCUTANEOUS
DURATION
TARGET HEART RATE
37. A treadmill or bicycle ergometer test in which workload is gradually increased until an endpoint such as fatigue or VO2 max. (Graded Exercise Test)
CATECHOLAMINE
VALSALVA MANEUVER
STRESS TEST
INFLAMMATION
38. A form of exercise where the hands (for arm exercises) or feet (for leg exercises) are in a fixed position and do not move. Examples arm body exercise are push-ups and pull-ups. Examples of leg exercises are leg press - squats - and lunges.
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
REPETITION
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
39. Measuring of the various indicators of fitness - i.e. - strength - flexibility - body composition and cardiovascular fitness.
MOTOR UNIT
LONGITUDINAL STUDY
FITNESS TESTING
BLOOD PRESSURE
40. A method for assessing body composition; measures the resistance to a small electrical current.
STATIC STRETCH
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
LDL CHOLESTEROL
41. A bundle of muscle fibers.
SYMPTOM
AEROBIC POINT
FASCICLE
PROTEIN
42. A condition in normal healthy individuals where the blood glucose level falls below 70 mg/dl. Can also occur in diabetics as a result of injecting too much insulin or not eating. (Hypoglycemia)
FREQUENCY
SIGN
STATIC STRETCH
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
43. One of the major protein myofilaments found in muscle tissue.
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
INFLAMMATION
MYOSIN
INFLAMMATION
44. 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.
FLEXION
EXTENSION
METABOLISM
PREPARATION
45. The science of the measurement of the human body with regard to size and body composition.
BETA BLOCKER
ANTHROPOMETRY
HEAT STROKE
ELECTROLYTES
46. Sticking with a program.
ADHERENCE
REPETITION
CHRONIC
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
47. Sticking with a program.
GLYCOGEN
EVERSION
HYPERTROPHY
ADHERENCE
48. A blood vessel which takes blood from the tissues to the heart.
HYPERTENSION
TRAVERSE PLANE
VEIN
CHOLESTEROL
49. A recording of the electrical activity in the heart as it beats.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
DIASTOLIC
BRADYCARDIA
GERIATRIC
50. A substance which promotes the removal of water from the body.
HYPOGLYCEMIA
DIURETIC
LONGITUDINAL STUDY
RISK FACTOR