Weight Training Terms

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Weight Training Terms

• Muscular Strength The ability of the muscle to
  exert maximal force against a resistance.
• Muscular Endurance The ability of the muscle to
  contract repeatedly, with a submaximal force.
• Repetition Maximum the most weight lifted for a
  given number of repetitions, used to measure
  muscular strength. Written as 1RM, referred to as
  your max.
• Load the amount of weight lifted. Always a
  percentage of 1RM.
• Repetition The number of times a given exercise
  is performed.
• Set A completed number of repetitions performed
  consecutively without resting.

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• Overload Placing greater stress on the body
  than what it is accustomed to.
• Specificity Selecting particular exercises or
  training methods to match particular outcomes
  desired.
• Slow Twitch Fibers red muscle fibers, developed
  with aerobic exercise. Low to moderate intensity,
  long in duration.
• Fast Twitch Fibers white muscle fibers,
  developed with anaerobic exercise. High
  intensity, explosive exercises, short in
  endurance.
• Hypertrophy The enlargement of the muscle.
• Atrophy Decrease in the size of the muscle.
• Ergogenic Aid Performance enhancing supplement
  or drug

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Free Weights vs. Machines
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Advantages of Free Weights

• Cost
• More like real life activities
• Variety
• Portability
• Balance, stabilizing muscles
• One size fits all

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Advantages of Machines

• Safety
• Selection, a few exercises can only be performed
  with machines. Ex Lat pulldown, leg curls, etc.
• Isolation
• Time
• Rehabilitation