Weight Training Vocabulary Terms Practice

What are REPS, also known as repetition?

• the number of exercises you can do in one minute

• the number of times you perform a specific exercise

• How heavy you can lift

• I don't know

What is a set?

• doing one push up and giving up

• the number of cycles of reps that you complete.

• the number of times you sit down

• I don't know

What is a circuit? (I don't know if the definition is going to be detailed or simple but both A and B are correct)

• a style of workout where you cycle through several exercises (usually five to 10)

  targeting different muscle groups with minimal rest in between.

• one completion of all set exercises in the program.

• that thing we learned in science

• A and B

What is a spotter?

• a person who is responsible to ensure the person lifting is safe and balanced

• when you spot your friend not doing pushups

• i don't know this one either

• the answer is the one that makes the most sense

What are Dumbbells?

• a type of free weight

• bells that don't make any sound

• what she said

• please choose the one that makes the most sense

What is Cardiovascular?

• relating to the heart and blood vessels

• your rib cage

• that little dangly thing that swing at the back of my throat

• gluteus maximus

Glutes are...

• a group of three muscles which make up the buttocks.

• people who don't eat food items that have gluten in it

• thicc

• it's the sophisticated answer

What are hamstrings?

• a group of three muscles that run along the back of your thigh.

• any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee

• the thing that the girls on the soccer team say they injured

• I don't know

What are free weights?

• any training load that isn't connected to another apparatus or piece of gym equipment.

• any weight you can pick up and move around

• dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Biceps are?

• a large muscle situated on the front of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow.

• attractive

• i don't know

• something we learned