| A | B |
| PEMS | Post-Exercise Muscle soreness |
| Pulmonary | Pertaining to the lungs |
| Pumping Iron | slang for lifting weights, since the 50's |
| Protein | One of the three basic foodstuffs |
| Proprioceptor | Self-sensors nerve terminals movement and position |
| Physiology | The study of the body's functions |
| Power Training | Weight training with low repetitions and explosive movements with heavy weights |
| Preload | The strectching of a muscle prior to contracting it, both strectch reflex and a viscoelastic component |
| OverLoad Principle | Applyiong a greater load than normal to a muscle to increase its capability |
| ODA | Optimal Daily Allowances |