front 1 Adaptation exercise | back 1 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 |
front 2 Aerobic exercise | back 2 Physical activity that increases the heart rate and the body's use of oxygen. |
front 3 Anaerobic exercise | back 3 any exercise that doesn't use the oxygen in your body as its main source of energy. |
front 4 Cardiovascular endurance | back 4 how well your heart and lungs can supply the oxygen you need while you exercise at medium to high intensity. |
front 5 Cool down | back 5 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. |
front 6 Delayed onset muscle soreness (D.O.M.S) | back 6 Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is muscle pain that begins after you've worked out |
front 7 Diminishing return | back 7 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. |
front 8 Eccentric exercise | back 8 focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. |
front 9 Exercise heart rate | back 9 measures how fast the heart is beating while they exercise. |
front 10 Exercise plateau | back 10 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. |
front 11 F.I.T.T.E. principle | back 11 Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type. |
front 12 Flexibility | back 12 the quality of bending easily without breaking. |
front 13 H.I.I.T. training | back 13 High-intensity interval training |
front 14 Isometric exercise | back 14 tightening (contractions) of a specific muscle or group of muscles. |
front 15 Muscular atrophy | back 15 the decrease in size and wasting of muscle tissue |
front 16 Muscular contraction | back 16 the tightening, shortening, or lengthening of muscles when you do some activity. |
front 17 Muscular endurance | back 17 the ability of a given muscle to exert force against a load, consistently and repetitively , over a period of time |
front 18 Muscular hypertrophy | back 18 an increase in muscle mass. |
front 19 Muscular strength | back 19 the amount of force you can put out or the amount of weight you can lift. |
front 20 Overload principle | back 20 n order to progress and improve, putting the body under additional stress beyond what is normal is key. |
front 21 Plyometrics | back 21 exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength). |
front 22 Range of motion | back 22 the extent or limit to which a part of the body can be moved around a joint or a fixed point |
front 23 Repetitions | back 23 the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again |
front 24 Resting heart rate | back 24 the number of times your heart beats per minute when you are at rest |
front 25 Warm-up | back 25 a period or act of preparation for a game, performance, or exercise session, involving gentle exercise or practice. |