Common Weight Lifting Terms Defined
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Whether you work with a trainer, take fitness classes, or work out solo, these common lifting terms will keep you in the “know” when it comes to strength training.?
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???? Repetitions (aka Reps) - The number of times an exercise is repeated within a “set.”
???? Sets - Repeating the same exercise a specific number of times.?
???? Recovery - Amount of time you rest between sets or workouts.
???? Muscular Endurance - The ability to move your body repeatedly without fatiguing.?
???? Muscular Strength - The amount of force a muscle can produce.
???? DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) - Muscle soreness 24 to 72 hours after exercise. After the muscles rebuild from being broken down in exercise, they adapt to prevent muscle damage and soreness, if the exercise is repeated.
???? Isometric exercise - Muscles are contracted but no joint movement is involved. For example, a plank.
???? Abdominals (aka abs) - stomach muscles
???? Deltoids (aka delts) - shoulders muscles?
???? Gluteus Maximus (aka glutes) - buttocks
???? Latissimus Dorsi (aka lats) - muscles going down both sides of the back
???? Pectorals Major (aka pecs) - chest muscles
???? Quadriceps (aka quads) - the four muscles in the front of thighs
???? Hamstring (aka hammys) - the muscles in the back of your thighs
???? Trapezius (aka traps) - muscles at the top of shoulders
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