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 exercise of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process |
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 a sore, aching, painful feeling in the muscles after unfamiliar and unaccustomed intense exercise |
front 7 Diminishing return | back 7 you no longer receive the same progress or growth from the workout or exercise that you have been doing |
front 8 Eccentric exercise | back 8 a type of strength training that involves using the target muscles to control weight as it moves in a downward motion |
front 9 Exercise heart rate | back 9 between 64% and 76%1 , 2 of your maximum heart rate |
front 10 Exercise plateau | back 10 a leveling off of your strength progress that occurs around 4-6 months into a routine |
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 is a training protocol alternating short periods of intense or explosive anaerobic exercise with brief recovery periods until the point of exhaustion |
front 14 Isometric exercise | back 14 an exercise involving the static contraction of a muscle without any visible movement in the angle of the joint |
front 15 Muscular atrophy | back 15 the decrease in size and wasting of muscle tissue |
front 16 Muscular contraction | back 16 characterized by constant muscle tension with a change in muscle length |
front 17 Muscular endurance | back 17 the ability to continue contracting a muscle, or group of muscles, against resistance, such as weights or body weight, over a period of time |
front 18 Muscular hypertrophy | back 18 increasing muscle size, typically through strength training |
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 in 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 action of repeating something that has already been said or written. |
front 24 Resting heart rate | back 24 60 to 100 beats per minute |
front 25 Warm-up | back 25 prepare for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practicing gently beforehand. |