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Personal Training Vocab
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1. Hypertension without an obvious cause; also called primary hypertension.
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
NITRATES
LIPID
BYPASS SURGERY
2. The desired steady state heart rate during aerobic training.
OXYGEN UPTAKE
ADIPOSE
TARGET HEART RATE
SIGN
3. An increase in size.
CLOSED CHAIN EXERCISE
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
SATURATED FAT
HYPERTROPHY
4. A significant blockage of one or more coronary arteries; also known as coronary artery disease.
RADIAL PULSE
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
HDL CHOLESTEROL
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
5. The process of breaking down complex substances into simpler ones.
CATABOLISM
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
OSTEOARTHRITIS
BETA BLOCKER
6. The maximal amount of air that can be exhaled following a maximal inhalation.
RADIAL PULSE
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
VITAL CAPACITY
SYSTOLIC
7. 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.
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
FEMORAL
METABOLISM
RECTUS FEMORIS
8. The range of motion of a joint.
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
AEROBIC POWER
ENERGY
FLEXIBILITY
9. Lack of activity.
HYPOKINETIC
INSULIN RESISTANCE
ISOTONIC
CONTEMPLATION
10. Divides the body into top and bottom halves.
ANGINA PECTORIS
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
TRAVERSE PLANE
11. A recording of the electrical activity in the heart as it beats.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
HYDROSTATIC WEIGHING
ERGOGENIC AID
ATROPHY
12. The body's local response to injury - characterized by pain - with heat - redness - swelling and loss of function.
INFLAMMATION
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
CALORIE
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
13. The amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1
CALORIE
SMAC-24
KINESIOLOGY
ARTERY
14. Taking steps to begin to change a behavior.
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
PREPARATION
ANABOLIC STEROIDS
HYPERTONIC
15. A type-1 skeletal muscle fiber - found in abundance in endurance athletes.
GERIATRIC
HDL CHOLESTEROL
SLOW TWITCH FIBER
DIURETIC
16. A condition where by the risks of exercise outweigh the benefits.
MITOCHONDRIA
DEHYDRATION
ASYMPTOMATIC
CONTRAINDICATION
17. The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to contract repeatedly over time.
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
SUPINATION
SATURATED FAT
PRIMARY RISK FACTOR
18. One of three muscles located on the back of the thigh - they produce the movement of knee flexion.
HAMSTRING
CONTEMPLATION
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
ANGINA PECTORIS
19. The enlarging of a blood vessel to increase blood flow to a body part.
VASODILATION
SPOT REDUCING
FASCICLE
HYPERTROPHY
20. A muscle contraction where the muscle shortens as it performs work.
ECCENTRIC
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
ATROPHY
CONCENTRIC
21. A method for determining target heart rate.
AMINO ACIDS
INVERSION
KARVONEN FORMULA
DEHYDRATION
22. 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)
WARM UP
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
OXYGEN UPTAKE
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
23. Making the body do more work than it is accustomed to doing.
OVERLOAD
VO2 MAX
SPRAIN
NITRATES
24. A class of drugs used for treating angina pectoris.
ISCHEMIA
LORDOSIS
OPEN CHAIN EXERCISE
NITRATES
25. A nerve cell which conducts impulses from the central nervous system to a group of muscle fibers to produce movement.
DYNAMIC STRENGTH
MOTOR NEURON
OVERLOAD
SARCOLEMMA
26. The workload at which lactic acid values begin to rise exponentially.
LACTATE THRESHOLD
FLEXION
FASCIA
ARTERY
27. A decrease in the size of a body part - organ - tissue - or cell.
FITNESS TESTING
ATROPHY
MYOFILAMENTS
STRENGTH
28. Fat that lies deep within the abdominal cavity - among the internal organs.
LIPOPROTEIN
A-V O2 DIFFERENCE
VISCERAL FAT
ISOMETRIC
29. 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 EXERCISE
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
RADIAL PULSE
30. An exercise movement performed one time.
REPETITION
VALSALVA MANEUVER
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
KETOSIS
31. Red blood cells.
ERYTHROCYTES
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
CONTEMPLATION
DEHYDRATION
32. The workload at which lactic acid values begin to rise exponentially.
SPOT REDUCING
LACTATE THRESHOLD
VASOCONSTRICTION
PREPARATION
33. Excessive loss of body water.
MYOSIN
STRESS TEST
BETA OXIDATION
DEHYDRATION
34. A recommendation for a course of exercise to meet desirable individual objectives for fitness.
SYSTOLIC
TARGET HEART RATE
EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
METABOLISM
35. The tapering off period following a bout of exercise.
RADIAL PULSE
COOL DOWN
CARDIORESPIRATORY
INTENSITY
36. Connective tissue which surrounds muscles and various organs of the body.
OBESITY
ELECTROLYTES
FASCIA
INTENSITY
37. Moving the foot toward the anterior surface of the lower legs - toes up.
ANTHROPOMETRY
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
DORSI FLEXION
PHYSIOLOGY
38. The process by which fatty acids are broken down to make acetyl CO-A - which then enters the Krebs Cycle.
TACHYCARDIA
VENTILATION
BETA OXIDATION
COMPLIANCE
39. A contraction during which movement is produced.
ISOTONIC
BETA BLOCKER
FRONTAL PLANE
BRADYCARDIA
40. The range of motion of a joint.
FLEXIBILITY
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
CARDIOVASCULAR
HEART ATTACK
41. A process by which risk is determined.
KETOSIS
MEDICAL SCREENING
VLDL CHOLESTEROL
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
42. A nerve cell and all of the muscle fibers it enervates.
FAINT
MOTOR UNIT
LIGAMENT
HYPOKINETIC
43. The exercise principle that the body adapts very specifically to the training stimuli it is required to deal with.
SPECIFICITY
GLYCOGEN
BALLISTIC
VASOCONSTRICTION
44. Under the skin.
KETOSIS
TONING TABLE
CORONARY ARTERIES
SUBCUTANEOUS
45. A hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes.
LONGITUDINAL STUDY
TESTOSTERONE
BORG SCALE
CHOLESTEROL
46. To lose consciousness - as in a syncopal attack.
FAINT
CATECHOLAMINE
DIABETES MELLITUS
TONING TABLE
47. A bundle of muscle fibers.
FASCICLE
AEROBIC EXERCISE
NITRATES
FLEXIBILITY
48. An injury involving connective tissue.
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
CAROTID ARTERY
SPRAIN
ACTIN
49. A procedure by which veins are used to bypass coronary arteries which have become blocked with plaque.
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
TESTOSTERONE
BYPASS SURGERY
TONING TABLE
50. A class of drug used to treat high blood pressure.
MONOUNSATURATED FAT
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
PLACEBO
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR (ACE INHIBITOR)