Macro
Yielding 4 calories per gram, this macronutrient is the preferred energy source for the brain.
What are Carbohydrates?
This phenomena is what occurs when people make "gains" due to consistent training at appropriate intensities.
What is progressive overload?
Citrus fruits like oranges and lemons are famous for being rich in this immunity-boosting vitamin.
What is Vitamin C?
Squats, deadlifts, and bench presses belong to this exercise classification because they require movement across two or more joints simultaneously.
What are compound exercises?
This deep, multi-joint posterior chain muscle works as a primary hip extensor when the knees are flexed, taking over work from the hamstrings due to active insufficiency.
What is the gluteus maximus?
This amount of a caloric deficit would typically result in about 1lb of weightloss per week.
What is 500 calories?
A term used to describe someones proximity to failure, usually used prescriptively to help people gauge training intensities.
What is Reps in Reserve (RIR)?
Found in spinach and red meat, a lack of this mineral can cause anemia and leave you feeling tired.
What is iron?
Referred to when someone is able to manage their head, rib cage, and pelvis in space, this position typically leads to loading desired tissue.
What is the stack?
This shoulder joint is a physiological articulation between the shoulder blade and the rib cage.
What is the scapulothoracic joint?
The general recommended amount of protein someone engaged in a physical exercise routine should consume.
What is 0.8-1g/ lb BW?
While muscle growth driven by resistance training is termed hypertrophy, the loss of muscle mass due to disuse or aging is known by this term.
What is atrophy?
Found almost exclusively in animal products, this essential B-vitamin is necessary for nerve function and blood cell formation, making supplementation vital for strict vegans.
What is Vitamin B12
During a heavy squat or overhead press, flexing the diaphragm against a closed glottis increases intra-abdominal pressure via this named maneuver.
What is the Valsalva maneuver?
This metric represents the minimum number of calories your body burns at complete rest simply to keep vital organs like your heart and lungs operating.
What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?
EPA and DHA belong to this class of polyunsaturated fatty acids, so named because their first double bond occurs at the third carbon from the methyl end.
What are Omega-3 fatty acids?
This phenomena occurs when a person loses strength, muscle, speed, stamina and more when structured training is removed from their routine.
What is reversibility?
Unlike water-soluble vitamins, these four fat-soluble vitamins are stored in the body's fatty tissues and liver.
What are Vitamins A, D, E, and K?
In a squat or deadlift, the perpendicular distance between the joint axis of rotation and the line of action of the external resistance is known as this lever arm.
What is the moment arm?
Acting like a natural weight belt, this deep core muscle lies beneath the rectus abdominis and stabilizes the spine.
What is the transverse abdominis (TVA)?
When dietary carbohydrates are scarce, the liver produces new glucose from non-carbohydrate sources like amino acids and glycerol through this process.
What is gluconeogenesis?
According to Henneman's Principle, motor units are systematically recruited in this order during a voluntary muscle contraction.
What is smallest-to-largest (or low-threshold/type I to high-threshold/type II)?
Drinking excessive plain water without replacing lost sodium during prolonged heat or endurance events can lead to this dangerous low-blood-sodium condition.
What is hyponatremia?
A tiny, backward nodding movement of the sacrum where the top base moves backward and upward while the bottom tip moves forward and downward
Located in skeletal muscle tendons, these sensory receptors sense tension and trigger an autogenic inhibition reflex to prevent muscle rupture under extreme loads.
What are Golgi Tendon Organs (GTOs)?