Gym vocab test Flashcards
A short bar with weights at each end that can be held with one hand. This often can be completed in pairs, lifting a weight in each hand.
dumbbell
A long metal bar to which disks of varying weights are attached at each end, used for weightlifting.
barbell
A series of light, gradual exercises performed to prepare your body for physical activity, normally a slower version of the activity to follow.
warm-ups
a room containing equipment for weight training.
weight room
A bodybuilding and weightlifting exercise in which a lifter lies on a bench with feet on the floor and raises a weight with both arms.
bench press
A set of two muscles that run along the front side of your upper arm. These muscles are used when you bend your arm at the elbow.
biceps
The muscle located along the back of your upper arm, which is primarily responsible for straightening the arm.
triceps
group of repetitions
set
Any of the three muscles at the back of your knee and thigh. These muscles are used when you bend and flex your knees.
hamstrings
This muscles allows you to extend and rotate your thighs.
glutes
Can refer to any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with the knee bent and foot flat on the ground while the other leg is positioned behind.
lunges
This is a full body exercise that trains primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips, buttocks, quadriceps, and hamstrings.
squats
Used to stretch muscles while the body is at rest. It is composed of various techniques that gradually lengthen a muscle to an elongated position, and hold that position for a set period of time.
static stretching
A flat, cushioned surface that you lie down on when lifting weights overhead.
bench
Number of consecutive times that the exercise is completed.
repetitions
An Isolated exercise that targets the hamstring muscles. The exercise involves flexing the lower leg against resistance towards the buttocks.
leg curls
A gradual slowing down of activity for a few minutes at the end of a workout. This allows yo
Cool down
The large muscle in front of the thigh. This muscle is used when extending your leg.
quadriceps
Physical training that involves lifting weights to improve muscular fitness.
wight trainings
a weightlifting exercise, which consists of the lifter moving a weighted barbell from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles.
power clean
A modified sit-up that requires a smaller range of motion that reduces back strains.
crunches
A resistance weight training exercise that targets the quadriceps muscle in the legs. The exercise consists of bending the leg at the knee and extending the legs, then lowering them back to the original position.
leg extensions
Exercises used to complement upper and lower body main core strength exercises.
auxiliary lifts
