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Personal Training Vocab

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1. A solution with a lower concentration of solutes than body fluids.






2. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1






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






4. A numerical scaled used to monitor perceived exertion.






5. Exercise or sports activities in or on water.






6. 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






7. Not thinking about changing behavior.






8. Medical history.






9. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.






10. Beneficial physiological changes that occur as a result of exercise training.






11. Divides the body into front and back halves.






12. 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. (Hypertension)






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






14. The method by which liability is determined.






15. Maximal oxygen consumption - maximal oxygen uptake.






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






17. The ability to respond to a stimulus.






18. 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.






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






20. A device used to measure work output.






21. A contraction during which movement is produced.






22. Staying with a prescribed program.






23. Thinking about changing a behavior.






24. Any activity which requires large amounts of oxygen - uses large muscle groups - is rhythmic and can be sustained over time.






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






26. A procedure by which veins are used to bypass coronary arteries which have become blocked with plaque.






27. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1






28. Relating to the heart and blood vessels






29. The muscle most involved in producing a movement.






30. Insufficient oxygen flow to the tissues.






31. 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






32. Divides the body into left and right halves.






33. A two joint muscle which flexes the hip and extends the knee.






34. A hormone produced by the adrenal gland.






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






36. An indicator of dysfunction or disease that can be seen with the naked eye.






37. The structural unit of proteins.






38. Elevated blood lipid levels.






39. A condition where the resting systolic blood pressure is =140 mm Hg but the resting diastolic blood pressure is <90mm Hg.






40. Staying with a prescribed program.






41. Of or relating to the aged.






42. A recommendation for a course of exercise to meet desirable individual objectives for fitness.






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






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






45. Cardiorespiratory fitness - strength - flexibility and body composition.






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






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






48. Under the skin.






49. Performing a target behavior on a regular basis for more than six months.






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