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| sustained, low intensity exercise |
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| decrease in the size of the muscle |
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| short term high intensity exercise |
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| basic metabolism rate or the rate at which the body burns calories to meet basic survival needs |
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| exercise in which the body serves as resistance |
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| special form of weight training that specifically increases cardio respiratory fitness while toning and developing the body |
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| phase of a muscle contraction in which the muscle shortens |
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| the shortening and tightening of a muscle |
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| phase of a muscle contracting in which muscles lengthens |
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| ability to continue exercising with a given submaxial workout |
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| a training technique in which a spotter pulls up the bar to allow a lifter to complete two or three repetitions past the point of normal failure |
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| exercising a muscle through a complete range of motion |
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| the increase in the size of the muscle |
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| size of fullness of a muscle |
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| maintaining a natural ratio between opposing muscle groups |
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| the amount of resistance placed in a muscle group over and above what it is normally used to handling |
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| the process of incrementally increasing the stress placed on a muscle |
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| time required for the muscles to rebuild to a higher level of strenth |
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| the full individual execution of an exercise |
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| a measure of ones ability to exert force against a resistance |
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| a period of time at which one aims to exercise |
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| heart rate at which one aims to exercise |
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| the process of continuing a set to the point where your working muscles are so fatigues that they can no longer complete a repetition |
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