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The level of demand that a given activity places on the body
Intensity
Repeated practice of motor control processes, which lead to a change in the ability to produce complex movements.
Motor Learning
Chemical messengers that cross synapses to transmit electrical impulses from the nerve to the muscle.
Neurotransmitter
Looks at how chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy
Bioenergetics
An individuals level of effort, compared with their maximal effort, which is usually expressed as a percentage.
Training Intensity
Aspect of a relationship characterized by similarity, agreement, or congruity
Rapport
The superior chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into the ventricles.
The Atrium
Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint
Muscle Imbalance
The ability to sense changes in either external or internal environments
sensory function
The state in which the body metabolism is elevated after exercise. It has been shown that splitting the training session into multiple session has the greatest impact
EPOC or excess post exercise oxygen consumption.
A low intensity exercise consisting of movements that do not necessarily relate to the more intense exercise that is to follow.
General Warm-Up
blood pressure of 140/90 or higher
Hypertension
Acts as a medium to deliver and collect essential products to and from the tissues of the body.
Blood
Maintaining a state of balance in the alignment of the kinetic chain.
Postural Equilibrium
Enlargement of skeletal muscle fibers in response to overcoming force from high volumes of tension
Hypertrophy
