Adaptation exercise
when you do new exercises or load your body in a different way, your body reacts by increasing its ability to cope with that new load
Aerobic exercise
Physical activity that increases the heart rate and the body's use of oxygen.
Anaerobic exercise
any exercise that doesn't use the oxygen in your body as its main source of energy.
Cardiovascular endurance
how well your heart and lungs can supply the oxygen you need while you exercise at medium to high intensity.
Cool down
to bring the body back to its normal physiological level after fast, vigorous exercise or activity by gradually slowing the pace of activity or by doing gentle exercises or stretches.
Delayed onset muscle soreness (D.O.M.S)
Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is muscle pain that begins after you've worked out
Diminishing return
The law of diminishing returns is an economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, cannot continue to increase if other variables remain at a constant.
Eccentric exercise
focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles.
Exercise heart rate
measures how fast the heart is beating while they exercise.
Exercise plateau
a stage of progress that happens when your body gets used to the demands of your current fitness routine, which causes your progress to level out.
F.I.T.T.E. principle
Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type.
Flexibility
the quality of bending easily without breaking.
H.I.I.T. training
High-intensity interval training
Isometric exercise
tightening (contractions) of a specific muscle or group of muscles.
Muscular atrophy
the decrease in size and wasting of muscle tissue
Muscular contraction
the tightening, shortening, or lengthening of muscles when you do some activity.
Muscular endurance
the ability of a given muscle to exert force against a load, consistently and repetitively , over a period of time
Muscular hypertrophy
an increase in muscle mass.
Muscular strength
the amount of force you can put out or the amount of weight you can lift.
Overload principle
n order to progress and improve, putting the body under additional stress beyond what is normal is key.
Plyometrics
exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength).
Range of motion
the extent or limit to which a part of the body can be moved around a joint or a fixed point
Repetitions
the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again
Resting heart rate
the number of times your heart beats per minute when you are at rest
Warm-up
a period or act of preparation for a game, performance, or exercise session, involving gentle exercise or practice.