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| single muscle cell, usually classified according to strength, speed, and energy |
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| protien structures that make up muscle fiber |
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| increase size in muscle fibers usually stimulated by musclular overload, strength training |
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| increase in size of muscle fibers |
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| increase in the number of muscle fibers |
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| red muscle fibers that are fatigue resistant but have a slow contraction speed and a lower capacity for tension; endurance |
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| white muscle fibers that contract rapidly and forcefully but fatigue quickly, strength and power |
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| motor nerve(initates movement) connected to one or more muscle fibers |
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| the improvement in the body's ability to recuit motor units, strength training |
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| tough band of fibrous muscle tissue that connects a muscle to a bone or other body part and the force exerted by the muscle |
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| tough band of tissue that connects the ends of bones to other bones or supports organs |
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| max amount of the resistance that can be moved a specific number of times |
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| number of times an exercise is performed during one set |
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| static (isometric) exercise |
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| exercise involving a muscle contraction without change in length |
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| dynamic (isotonic) exercise |
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| involving a contraction with a change in muscle's length |
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| group of repetitions followed by a rest period |
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| when the opposing muscle must relax stretch to allow contraction by the agonist |
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| highly adaptable and is increased through stretching exercises |
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| the ability to assume and maintain an extended posistion at one end or point in a joint's range of motion |
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| the ability to move a joint through its range of motion with little resistance |
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| technique in which a muscle is slowly and gently streched and then held |
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| muscles are stretched by the force generated as a body part is repeatedly bounced, swung, and jerked |
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| dynamic functional stretching |
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| muscles are stretched by moving joints slowly and fluidly through their range of motion in a controlled way |
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| muscles are stretched by force applied by an outside force |
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| technique in which muscles are stretched by the contraction of opposing muscles |
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| provides structural support for the body, protects the spinal cord, supports much of the body's weight, serves as an attachement site, allows movement for the neck and back |
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| the body's relative amount of fat and fat-free tissue |
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| above the recommended range for good health |
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| severly overweight, excessive accumulation of body fat may also be defined in terms of some measure of total weight |
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| cluster of symptoms presently in many overweight and obese people that greatly increase their risk of diabetes, heart disease, and chronic illnesses |
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causes a disruption of normal metabolism,
pancreas no longer secrets insulin.
6th leading cause of death in the US |
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| measure of relative body weight correlation highly with more direct measures of body fat |
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