Chapter 21: Lesson 1

Question 1

Adherence

Answer 1

The level of commitment to a behavior or plan of action.

Question 2

Overtraining

Answer 2

Excessive frequency, volume, or intensity of training, resulting in reduction of performance, which is also caused by a lack of proper rest and recovery.

Question 3

Kinetic chain

Answer 3

A concept that describes the human body as a chain of interdependent links that work together to perform movement.

Question 4

Training plan

Answer 4

The specific outline created by a fitness professional that details the form of training, length of time, future changes, and specific exercises to be performed.

Question 5

Acute variables

Answer 5

Important components that specify how each exercise is to be performed; also known as exercise training variables.

Question 6

Periodization

Answer 6

Macromanagement or planned manipulation of training variables in an organized fashion to improve performance over time.

Question 7

Linear periodization

Answer 7

A traditional method of program design that aims to gradually increase the intensity of the training load while simultaneously decreasing volume over a set period of time.

Question 8

Hypertrophy

Answer 8

Enlargement of an organ or tissue; in the context of fitness, it is often used to describe the enlargement of skeletal muscle.

Question 9

Undulating periodization

Answer 9

A programming scheme, also known as nonlinear periodization, that uses changes in volume, intensity, and exercise selection to provide loading differences on a daily or weekly basis.