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Personal Training Vocab

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1. A device used to measure work output.






2. Without symptoms.






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






4. Taking steps to begin to change a behavior.






5. A class of drugs used for treating angina pectoris.






6. Fatty Tissue.






7. The structures in the cell where aerobic production of ATP takes place.






8. The difference in the amount of oxygen between the arteries and the veins. Represents how much O2 has been used by the tissue.






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






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






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






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






13. Divides the body into left and right halves.






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






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






16. A bundle of muscle fibers.






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






18. Divides the body into front and back halves.






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






20. The enlarging of a blood vessel to increase blood flow to a body part.






21. The heart rate in beats per minute when the body is at complete rest.






22. Amino acids that must be obtained in the diet.






23. The most common type of arthritis.






24. The workload at which lactic acid values begin to rise exponentially.






25. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.






26. Pertaining to the kidneys.






27. A fatty acid which contains many double bonds - i.e. - safflower oil.






28. A solution with a greater concentration of solutes than body fluids.






29. Lack of activity.






30. 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.






31. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.






32. A method of assessing body composition - also referred to as underwater weighing.






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






34. A tough band of connective tissue which attaches bone to bone.






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






36. Excessive loss of body water.






37. A simple sugar which is the primary end product of carbohydrate digestion - a prime energy source for the body.






38. 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






39. The maximal amount of force that can be generated with one maximal effort; also called 1 RM






40. The structural unit of proteins.






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






42. A molecule that is a combination of protein and lipid; are the transporters of cholesterol in the bloodstream.






43. A myth which says that fat can be reduced from one specific area of the body through a specific exercise.






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






45. Pain in the chest; a common symptom of coronary artery disease.






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






47. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.






48. Amino acids that must be obtained in the diet.






49. Number of beats per minute.






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







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