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A SINGE MUSCLE CELL, USALLY CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO STRENGTH, SPEED OF CONTRACTION, AND ENERGY SOURCE |
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PROTEIN STRUCTURES THAT MAKE UP MUSCLE FIBERS |
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AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF MUSCLE FIBERS, USUALLY STIMULATED BY MUSICULAR OVERLOAD, AS OCCURS DURING STRENGTH TRAINING |
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A DECREASE IN THE SIZE OF MUSICLE FIBERS |
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AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MUSCLE FIBERS |
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RED MUSCLES THAT ARE FATIGUE RESISTANT BUT HAVE A SLOW CONTRACTION SPEED ANDA LOWER CAPACITY FOR TENSION USUALLY RECRUITED FO ENDURANCE ACTIVITIES |
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THE ABLILITY TO EXERT FORCE RAPIDLY |
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A MOTOR NERVE CONNECTED TO ONE OR MORE FIBERS |
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THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE BODYS ABILITY TO RECRUIT MOTOR UNITS, BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH STRENGHT TRAINGING |
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A TOUGH BAND OF FIBROUS TISSUE THAT CONNCECTS A MUSCLE TO A BONE OR OTHER BODY PART AND TRANSMITS THE FORCE EXERTED BY THE MUSCLE |
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A TOUGH BAND OF TISSUE THAT CONNECTS TO ENDS OF BONES TO OTHER BONES TO SUPPORT ORGANS IN PLACE |
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TOUGH, RESILIENT TISSUE THAT ACTS AS A CUSHION BETWEEN THE BONES IN A JOINT |
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THE PRINCIPAL MALE HORMONE, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPORTANT IN INCREASING MUSCLE SIZE |
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THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE THAT CAN BE MOVED A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF TIMES |
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THE NUMBER OF TIMES AN EXERCISE IS PERFORMED |
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STATIC(ISOMETRIC)EXCERCISE |
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EXCERCISE INVOLVING A MUSCLE CONTRACTION WITHOUT A CHANGE IN THE MUSCLE'S LENGTH |
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STATIC(ISOMETRIC)EXCERCISE |
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EXCERCISE INVOLVING A MUSCLE CONTRACTION WITHOUT A CHANGE IN THE MUSCLE'S LENGTH |
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DYNAMIC(ISOTONIC)EXCERCISE |
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EXCERCISE INVOLVING A MUSCLES CONTRACTION WITH A CHANGE IN THE MUSCLE'S LENGTH |
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CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION |
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A DYNAMIC CONTRACTION IN WHICH THE MUSCLE GETS SHORTER AS IT CONTRACTS |
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ECCENTRRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION |
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A DYNAMIC CONTRACTION IN WHICH THE MUSCLE LENGTHENS AS IT CONTRACTS, ALSO CALLED A PILOMENTRIC CONTRACTION |
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CONSTANT RESISTANT EXCERCISE |
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A TYPE OF DYNAMIC EXERCISE THAT USES A CONSTANT LOAD THROUGHOUT A JOINTS FULL RANGE OF MOTION |
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VARIABLE RESISTANCE EXCERCISE |
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A TYPE OF DYNAMIC EXCERCISE THAT USES A CHANGING LOAD THROUGHOUT A JOINTS FULL RANGE OF MOTION. |
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ECCENTRIC(PLIMETRIC)LOADING |
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LOADING THE MUSCLE WHILE IT IS LENGTHENING SOMETIMES CALLED NEGATIVES |
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RAPID STRETCHING OF A MUSCLE GROUP THAT IS UNDERGOING ECCENTRIC STRESS, GOLLOWED BY A RAPID CONCENTRIC CONTRATCTION |
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MOVING A LOAD AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE |
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THE APPLICATION OF FORCE AT A CONSTANT SPEED AGAINST AN EQUAL FORCE |
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A PERSON WHO ASSIST WITH A WEIGHT TRAINING EXCERCISE DONE WITH FREE WEIGHTS |
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A GROUP OF REPETITIONS FOLLOWED BY A REST PERIOD |
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A MUSCLE IN STATE OF CONTRACTION, OPPOSED BY THE ACTION OF ANOTHER MUSCLE, ITS ATAGONIST |
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A MUSCLE THAT OPPOSES THE ACTION OF A CONTRACTING MUSCLE, ITS AGONIST |
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FAT INCORPORATED IN VARIOUS TISSUES OF THE BODY CRITICAL FOR NORMAL BODY FUNCTION |
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CONNECTIVE TIDDUE IN WHICH FAT IS STORED |
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FAT LOCATED AROUND MAJOR ORGANS, ALSO CALLED INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT |
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FAT LOCATED AROUND MAJOR ORGANS, ALSO CALLED INTRAABDOMINAL FAT |
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THE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL BODY WEIGHT THAT IS COMPOSED OF FAT |
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BODY WEIGHT ABOVE THE RECOMMENDED RANGE FOR GOOD HEATH |
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SEVERELY OVERWEIGHT, CHARACTERIZED BY AN EXCESSIVE ACCUMILATION OF BODY FAT, MAY ALSO BE DEFINED IN TERMS OF SOME MEASURE OF TOTAL BODY WEIGHT |
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SEVERELY OVERWEIGHT, CHARACTERIZED BY AN EXCESSIVE ACCUMILATION OF BODY FAT, MAY ALSO BE DEFINED IN TERMS OF SOME MEASURE OF TOTAL BODY WEIGHT |
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A CLUSTER OF SYMPTOMS PRESENT IN MANY OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PEOPLE THAT GREATLY INCREASE THEIR RISK OF HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, AND OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES, DIABETES, AND OTHER CHRONIC ILLNESSES |
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A CONDITION CONSISTING OF THREE INTERRELATED DISORDERS: ABNORMAL EATING PATTERNS FOLLOWED BY LACK OF MENTSTUAL PERIODS AND DECREASED BONE DENSITY |
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ABSENT OR INFREQUENT MENSTRUATION, SOMETIMES RELATED TO LOW LEVELS OF BODY FAT AND EXCESSIVE QUANTITY OR INTENSITY OF EXCERCISE |
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A MEASURE OF RELATIVE BODY WEIGHT CORRELATING HIGHLY WITH MORE DIRECT MEASURES OF BODY FAT, CALCULATED BY DIVIDING TOTAL BODY WEIGHT BY THE SQUARE BODY HEIGHT |
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A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE MEASURING INSTRUMENT WITH TWO JAWS THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED TO DETERMINE THICKNESS |
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THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND HOW THE BODY USES IT IN HEALTH AND DISEASE |
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SUBTANCES THE BODY MUST GET FROM FOODS BECAUSE IT CANNOT MANUFACTURE THEM AT ALL OR FAST ENOUGH TO MEET ITS NEEDS. THESE NUTRIENTS INCLUDE PROTEINS FATS, CARBOHYDRATED,VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND WATER |
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AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT REQUIRED BY THE BODY IN RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNTS. |
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AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT REQUIRED BY THE BODY IN MINUTE AMOUNTS |
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THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN FOODS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT INTO COMPOUNDS THE BODY CAN ABSORB |
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A MEASURE OF ENERODGY CONTENT IN FOOD |
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VEGETABLES SUCH AS PEAS AND BEANSTHAT ARE HIGH IN FIBER AND ARE ALSO IMPORTANT SOURCE OF PROTEING |
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A PROCESS BY WHICH HYDROGENS ARE ADDED TO UNSATURATED FATS, INCREASING THE DEGREE OF SATURATION AND TURNING LIQUID OILS INTO SOLID FATS |
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TRANS FATTY ACID(TRANS FAT) |
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A TYPE OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACID PRODUCED DURING THE PROCESS OF HYDROGENATION, TRANS FATS HAVE AN ATYPICAL SHAPE THAT AFFECTS THEIR CHEMICAL ACTIVITY |
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TRANS FATTY ACID(TRANS FAT) |
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A TYPE OF UNSATURATED FATTY ACID PRODUCED DURING THE PROCESS OF HYDROGENATION, TRANS FATS HAVE AN ATYPICAL SHAPE THAT AFFECTS THEIR CHEMICAL ACTIVITY |
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A WAXY SUBSTANCE FOUND IN THE BLOOD AND CELLS AND NEEDED FOR SYNTHESIS OF CELL MEMBRANE, VITAMIN D AND HORMONES |
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BLOOD FAT THAT TRANSPORTS CHOLESTEROL TO ORGANS AND TISSUE, EXCESS AMOUNTS RESULT IN THE ACCUMULATION OF FATTY DEPOSITS ON ARTERY WALLS . |
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BLOOD FAT THAT HELPS TRANSPORT OUT OF THE ARTERIES, THEREBY PROTECTING AGAINST DISEASE |
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AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT, SUGARS, STARCHES, AND DIETARY FIBER ARE ALL CARBOHYDRATES |
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A SIMPLE SUGAR THAT IS THE BODYS BASIC FUEL |
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AN ANIMAL STARCH STORED IN THE LIVER AND MUSCLES |
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THE ENTIRE EDIBLE PORTION OF A GRAIN SUCH AS WHEAT,RICE, OR OATS INCLUDING THE GERM |
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A MEASURE OF HOW HTE INGESTION OF A PARTICULAR FOOD AFFECTS BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS |
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NONDIGESTABLE CARBOHYDRATES AND LIGNIN THAT ARE INTACT IN PLANTS |
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NONDYGESTIBLE CARBOHYDRATED EITHER ISOLATED FROM NATURAL SOURCES OR SYNTHECIZED |
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THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DIETARTY FIBER AND FUNCTIONAL FIBER IN THE DIET |
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FIBER THAT DISSOLVES IN WATER OR IS BROKEN DOWN BY BACTERIA IN THE LARGE INTESTINE |
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FIBER THAT DOES NOT DISSOLVE IN WATER AND IS NOT BROKEN DOWN BY BACTERIA IN THE LARGE INTESTINE. |
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ORGANIC SUBSTANCES NEEEDED IN SMALL AMOUNTS TO HELP PROMOTE AND REGULATE CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND PROCESSES IN THE BODY |
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A SUBSTANCE THAT PROTECTS AGAINST THE BREAKDOWN OF BODY CONSTITUENTS BY FREE RADICALS, ACTIONS INCLUDE BINDING OXYGEN, DONTATING |
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INORGANIC COMPOUNDS NEEDED IN SMALL AMOUNTS FOR THE REGULATION, GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE OF BODY TISSSUE AND FUNCTIONS |
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A DEFICIENCY IN THE OXYGEN-CARRYING MATERIAL IN THE RED BLOOD CELLS |
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A CONDITION IN WHICH THE BONES BECOME THIN AND BRITTLE AND BREAK EASILY |
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AN ELECTRON-SEEKING COMPOUND THAT CAN REACT WITH FATS, PROTEINS, AND DNA. DAMAGING CELL MEMBRANES AND MUTATING GENES IN ITS SEARCH FOR ELECTROMS |
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A NATURALLY OCCURING SUBSTANCE FOUND IN PLANT FOODS THAT MAY HELP PREVENT AND TREAT CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS HEART DISEASES AND CANCER |
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VEGETABLES OF THE CABBAGE FAMILY |
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DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES (DRI) |
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AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR FOUR NUTRIENT STANDARDS. ARE LEVELS OF NUTRIENTS DEFICIENCIES AND REDUCE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE |
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VEGETARIAN WHO INCLUDES MILK AND CHEESE PRODUCTS IN DIET |
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A VEGETARIAN WHO EATS NO MEAT,POULTRY, OR FISH, BUT DOES EAT EGGS AND MILK PRODUCTS. |
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A MICROORGANISM THAT CAUSES DISEASES |
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THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN VITAL BODY FUNCTIONS |
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