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| the ability of your musculoskeletal system to perform daily and recreational activities without undue fatigue and injury |
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| the ability of a muscle to contract with maximal force |
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| the ability of a muscle to contract repeatedly over an extended period of time |
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| controlled and progressive stressing of the body`s musculoskeletal system using resistance ( weights, resistance bands, body weight) exercises to build and maintain muscular fitness |
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| the connective tissue attaching a muscle to a bone |
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| the cell of the muscular system |
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| thin strands within a single muscle fiber that bundle the skeletal muscle protein filaments and span the length of the fiber |
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| muscle fiber type that is oxygen-dependent and can contract over long periods of time |
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| muscle fiber type that contracts with greater force and speed but also fatigues quickly |
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| a motor nerve and all the muscle fibers it controls |
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| a muscle contraction with relatively constant tension |
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| a muscle contraction with no change in muscle length |
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| a muscle contraction with a constant speed of contraction |
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| a muscle contraction with overall muscle shortening |
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| a muscle contraction with overall muscle lengthening |
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| an increase in muscle cross-sectional area |
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| a decrease in muscle cross-sectional area |
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| the degenerative loss of muscle mass and strength in aging |
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| the ability of a muscle to quickly contract with high force |
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| one repetition maximum (1 RM) |
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| the maximum amount of weight you can lift one time |
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| a person who watches, encourages, and, if needed, assists a person who is performing a weight-training lift |
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| 20 repetition maximum (20 RM) |
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| the maximum amount of weight you can lift 20 times in row |
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| a type of muscle endurance and/or flexibility exercise that employs simple movements without the use of resistance other than one`s own body weight |
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| a weight intended for use by one hand; typically one uses a dumbbell in each hand |
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| a long bar without weight plates on each end |
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| a single attempt at an exercise that includes a fixed number of repetitions |
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| the number of times an exercise is performed within one set |
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| an exercise that is characterized by a rapid deceleration of the body followed by a rapid acceleration of the body in the opposite direction |
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| the ability to rapidly accelerate; exercise for speed will increase stride length and frequency |
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| the ability to rapidly change body position or body direction without losing speed, balance, or body control |
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| the resistance level of the exercise |
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| the amount of effort of force required to complete the exercise |
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| the process of holding one`s breath while lifting heavy weight. This practice can increase chest cavity pressure and result in light-headedness during the lift; excessively increased blood pressure can result after the lift and breath are realeased |
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| any nutritional, physical, mechanical, psychological, or pharmacological procedure or aid used to improve athletic performance |
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