A | B |
1RM | The most weight you can properly lift through the full range of motion 1 time |
Abdominal | Muscles attahced to the rib cage and pelvis |
Biceps | The muscle in front of your upper arm |
Concentric contraction | Lifting a weight |
Deltoid | Shoulder muscle |
Eccentric contraction | Lowering a weight |
Gluteus Maximus | Muscle underneath the tailbone |
Hamstring | Muscle in back of leg, parralel to quadriceps |
Isometric | Excercise done by tightening muscles without changing their length |
Isotonic | Excercise involving lifting a resistance through a range of motion |
Isokinetic | Exercise in which tension is kept at a miximum throught the range of movement |
Latissimus dorsi | Middle back muscle |
Negatives | Excercise in which you lower the wieght after receiving help in lifting it |
Pector | Muscle in the chest |
Overload principle | Using more weight than usual to develop strength |
Progression | Incresing reps over time |
Quadriceps | Muscle in front of the thigh, parallel to hamstring |
Recovery time | The amount of time between workouts of a particular muscle gtroup |
Set | 1 round of a particular number of reps of an exercise |
Specifity | Working a particular muscle or muscle group |