| Term | Definition |
|---|
| concentric contraction | positive phase |
| eccentric contraction | negative phase |
| isometric contraction | holding the muscle in place |
| inhale | breath during the negative phase |
| exhale | breath during the positive phase |
| strength/mass or size | more weights, less repetition |
| tone and maintain | middle weights, middle repetition |
| endurance/cut or definition | less weights, more repetition |
| overload principle | states that you must work your body at levels that it normally doesn't encounter |
| specific principle | states that you must excercise a particular component of fitness in order to improve that particular component |
| FITT principle | in order to keep improving your muscle development |
| frequency intensity time task | FITT |
| sequencing exercises | the order of exercises to be performed |
| large muscle group to small muscle group | order of sequence |
| spotters, clamps and pins, proper technique on the lifts, stay within your limits, follow all safety rules | general safety procedures |
| deltoids | shoulder muscles |
| pectorals | chest muscles |
| hamstrings | back of leg muscles |
| quadriceps | front of leg muscles |
| gluteus maximus | butt muscles |
| deltoids, pectorals, triceps | muscles worked in bench press |
| quadriceps | muscles worked in knee extension |
| gluteus maximus, hamstrings | muscles worked in leg curls |
| quadriceps | muscles worked in leg press |
Combine with other sets
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