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Personal Training Vocab

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1. A unit of weight equal to 2.2 pounds.






2. A tiny blood vessel where exchange of nutrients and wastes occurs between the bloodstream and the tissues.






3. Without symptoms.






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






5. A bundle of muscle fibers.






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.






7. A blood vessel which takes blood from the tissues to the heart.






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






9. A contraction during which tension is produced - but no movement occurs.






10. The exercise principle that the body adapts very specifically to the training stimuli it is required to deal with.






11. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.






12. The level of physiological stress on the body during exercise.






13. A type-1 skeletal muscle fiber - found in abundance in endurance athletes.






14. Hypertension without an obvious cause; also called primary hypertension.






15. The ability to generate force.






16. The tapering off period following a bout of exercise.






17. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.






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






19. Connective tissue which surrounds muscles and various organs of the body.






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






21. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood and urine. Commonly seen in starvation diets - low carbohydrate diets and poorly controlled diabetics.






22. The protein 'shell' which surrounds the lipoprotein.






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






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






25. A thorough blood analysis.






26. Internal organs






27. Divides the body into left and right halves.






28. The pressure in the arteries when the heart is between beats.






29. 3.5 ml/kg/min






30. Rapid heart beat.






31. Maximal oxygen consumption - maximal oxygen uptake.






32. A thorough blood analysis.






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






34. Breathing.






35. A fat.






36. A muscle contraction against a resistance where movement occurs at a constant velocity.






37. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.






38. The area from one Z line to the next Z line in muscle cells.






39. Inactive.






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






41. Taking steps to begin to change a behavior.






42. The process of breaking down complex substances into simpler ones.






43. One of the six essential nutrients; composed of building blocks called amino acids.






44. Also called juvenile diabetes; a diabetic condition caused by heredity.






45. The muscle in opposition to the agonist.






46. A process by which risk is determined.






47. A hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas which helps lower blood glucose levels.






48. The pulse at the wrist.






49. A fatty acid which contains one double bond - i.e. - oleic acid.






50. An indicator of dysfunction - illness - or disease that can be felt but not seen.