Fitness Vocab

1.Adhesion - Fibrous patch holding muscles or other parts together that are normally separated.
2.Atrophy - Withering away - decrease in size and functional ability of tissue or organs
3.Biomechanics - Science concerned with the internal and external forces acting on a human body and the effects produced by these forces
4.Cut Up (or Cut) - A term used to denote a bodybuilder who has an extremely high degree of muscular definition due to a low degree of body fat.
5.Fascia - Fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports and separates ~l muscles and muscle groups. It also unites skin with underlying tissue.
6.Glycogen - The principal stored form of carbohydrate energy (glucose), which is reserved in muscles. When your muscles are full of glycogen, they look and feel full
7.HDL - This stands for "high-density lipoprotein." It's one of the subcate-gories of cholesterol--typically thought of as the "good" cholesterol. You may be able to raise your HDL cholesterol levels by ingesting qual-ity unsaturated fats like flaxseed oil. Exercise has ~so been shown to increase HDL levels.
8.Hypertrophy - The scientific term denoting an increase in muscle mass and an improvement in relative muscular strength. Hypertrophy is induced by placing an "over-load" on the working muscles with various training tech-niques during a bodybuilding workout.
9.Isotonic Exercise - Muscular action in which there is a change in length of muscle and weight) keeping tension constant. Lifting free weights is a classic isotonic exercise.
10.Kinesiology - Study of muscles and their movements.
11.Myositis - Muscular soreness due to inflammation that often Occurs 1-2 days after unaccustomed exercise.
12.Nautilus - Isokinetic type exercise machine, which attempts to match resistance with user's force.
13.Onion Skin - Slang denoting skin with very low percentage of subcutaneous fat which helps accentuate muscularity.
14.P.H.A. - Peripheral Heart Action; a system of training where you go from one exercise to another, with little or no rest, preferably alternating upper body and lower body exercises. Designed for cardiovascular training and to develop muscle mass.
15.Poundage - The amount of weight that you use in an exercise, whether that weight is on a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
16.Sticking Point - A stalling out of bodybuilding progress.
17.Striations - Grooves or ridge marks seen under the skin, the ultimate degree of muscle definition.
18.Tendon - A band or cord of strong, fibrous tissue that connects muscles to bone.
19.Vascularity - Increase in size and number of observable veins. Highly desirable in bodybuilding.
20.Vitamins - Organic compounds that are vital to Tile, indispensable to bodily function, and needed in minute amounts. They are calorie-free essential nutrients. Many of them function as coenzymes. supporting a multitude of biological functions.