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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Length of time.
MEDICAL REFERRAL
DURATION
VALSALVA MANEUVER
VENTILATION
2. Elevated blood lipid levels.
SMAC-24
ACTIN
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)
3. The forward curving of the spine at the neck and lower back.
LORDOSIS
SLOW TWITCH FIBER
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
RENAL
4. Also known as coronary artery disease.
DIASTOLIC
FASCIA
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
5. The pulse at the wrist.
PRECONTEMPLATION
RADIAL PULSE
BRADYCARDIA
APOLIPOPROTEIN
6. Movement toward the mid-line of the body.
TRAVERSE PLANE
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
ADDUCTION
REPETITION
7. A chronic disorder characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels; can be type 1 or type 2
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
DIABETES MELLITUS
FLEXION
GERIATRIC
8. One of the major protein myofilaments found in muscle tissue.
HEART RATE
MYOSIN
WARM UP
RICE PRINCIPLE
9. Fatty Tissue.
BALLISTIC
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
ADIPOSE
SAGITTAL PLANE
10. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1
STRESS FRACTURE
CALORIE
ABDUCTION
ISOMETRIC
11. The range of motion of a joint.
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
BYPASS SURGERY
TENDON
FLEXIBILITY
12. Sole of the foot turned inward - lifting its medial border.
INVERSION
TARGET MARKETING
CONTRAINDICATION
MITOCHONDRIA
13. A myth which says that fat can be reduced from one specific area of the body through a specific exercise.
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
HEALTH HISTORY
ENERGY
SPOT REDUCING
14. Failing to do something that should have been done.
ATROPHY
OMISSION
MOTOR UNIT
RESIDUAL VOLUME
15. Sticking with a program.
ADHERENCE
TENDON
SPECIFICITY
FLEXIBILITY
16. Internal organs
CATABOLISM
PREPARATION
TACHYCARDIA
VISCERA
17. A recording of the electrical activity in the heart as it beats.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
CAROTID ARTERY
EXCITABILITY
HEMOGLOBIN
18. A treadmill or bicycle ergometer test in which workload is gradually increased until an endpoint such as fatigue or VO2 max. (Graded Exercise Test)
STRESS TEST
CALORIE
MYOFILAMENTS
WATT
19. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.
GLUCOSE
ACTIN
BETA BLOCKER
SLOW TWITCH FIBER
20. Liquid part of a cell which surrounds the structures within a cell.
SUBCUTANEOUS
CYTOOSOL
ADIPOSE
EXCITABILITY
21. Making the body do more work than it is accustomed to doing.
URIC ACID
OVERLOAD
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
MEDICAL SCREENING
22. Rest - Ice - Compression and Elevation - represents treatment for acute injuries.
ISOKINETIC
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
RICE PRINCIPLE
ERGOMETER
23. Movement toward the mid-line of the body.
ADDUCTION
HYPERTHERMIA
KINESIOLOGY
CYTOOSOL
24. A fatty acid which contains many double bonds - i.e. - safflower oil.
EXTENSION
VO2 MAX
CAROTID ARTERY
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
25. A fatty acid which contains many double bonds - i.e. - safflower oil.
VALSALVA MANEUVER
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR (ACE INHIBITOR)
26. The period preceding the aerobic phase of exercise; usually consists of stretching and other movements which prepare the body for exercise.
AQUATICS
WARM UP
OBESITY
FREQUENCY
27. A measure of power equal to 6 kgm/min
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
CATABOLISM
OSTEOARTHRITIS
WATT
28. A treadmill or bicycle ergometer test in which workload is gradually increased until an endpoint such as fatigue or VO2 max. (Stress Test)
INSULIN RESISTANCE
GRADED EXERCISE TEST
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
MET
29. A chronic disorder characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels; can be type 1 or type 2
LIGAMENT
SARCOMERE
FREQUENCY
DIABETES MELLITUS
30. Forced exhalation against a closed glottis which causes a major increase in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
SPECIFICITY
KILOGRAM
VALSALVA MANEUVER
CONCENTRIC
31. The difference in the amount of oxygen between the arteries and the veins. Represents how much O2 has been used by the tissue.
CARDIORESPIRATORY
AMINO ACIDS
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
TROPICAL OILS
32. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
ACUTE
PLANTAR FLEXION
PROTEIN
33. A two joint muscle which flexes the hip and extends the knee.
ANEMIA
VEIN
LACTATE THRESHOLD
RECTUS FEMORIS
34. Maximal oxygen consumption - maximal oxygen uptake.
HYPOTONIC
VO2 MAX
ACTION
RADIAL PULSE
35. Tiny protein strands which make up muscle tissue; actin and myosin are the major protein strands.
AMINO ACIDS
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
RADIAL PULSE
MYOFILAMENTS
36. The maximal amount of force that can be generated with one maximal effort; also called 1 RM
BURSA
CATABOLISM
ACUTE
ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM
37. The structural unit of proteins.
AMINO ACIDS
MEDICAL SCREENING
OSTEOARTHRITIS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
38. An increase in size.
CATABOLISM
HYPERTROPHY
DIABETES MELLITUS
METABOLISM
39. Hormones which promote muscle hypertrophy and have severe health consequences.
VISCERA
LIPID
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
MYOFILAMENTS
40. A device used to measure work output.
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
ERGOMETER
STRAIN
41. Without symptoms.
ASYMPTOMATIC
DIABETES MELLITUS
BETA OXIDATION
TARGET MARKETING
42. Thinking about changing a behavior.
MEDICAL REFERRAL
RICE PRINCIPLE
CONTEMPLATION
NITRATES
43. Sudden - short term - abrupt.
CONTEMPLATION
ACUTE
HYPERTROPHY
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
44. A condition where by the risks of exercise outweigh the benefits.
PRIMARY RISK FACTOR
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
CONTRAINDICATION
INSULIN
45. A stretch which is held for at least 15 seconds.
STATIC STRETCH
FASCICLE
ANEMIA
GRADED EXERCISE TEST
46. Also called adult-onset diabetes; a diabetic condition often caused by obesity and sedentary lifestyle.
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
EVERSION
TYPE 2 DIABETES
CATABOLISM
47. A rhythm disturbance in the heart; also known as dysrhythmia.
PRONATION
VISCERAL FAT
INSULIN RESISTANCE
ARRHYTHMIA
48. Persisting for a long time.
ACCLIMATIZATION
CHRONIC
HYPOTONIC
ASYMPTOMATIC
49. Of and relating to hormones.
ENDOCRINE
SPOT REDUCING
ANATOMY
EXCITABILITY
50. A contraction during which tension is produced - but no movement occurs.
DEHYDRATION
ISOMETRIC
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
CONDITIONING