Physical Conditioning Vocab Practice

The process of preparing the body for optimized performance

• conditioning

• muscle tone

• muscle mass

• power

The shape of a muscle in its resting state

• conditioning

• muscle tone

• muscle mass

• power

The girth or size of the muscle

• power

• muscle mass

• muscle tone

• conditioning

The ability to apply force with speed

• conditioning

• muscle tone

• power

• muscle mass

Overload principle: the application of greater-than-​ (a)   stress to a muscle resulting in ​ (b)   capacity to do work. Gradually the muscle will ​ (c)   to the increased demand, making it necessary to increase the stress again.

• normal
• increased
• adapt

The alteration or modification of exercises to work an entire muscle or group of muscles and to combat boredom

• specificity principle

• variation principle

• overload principle

• boredom principle

gently forcing  the muscle to lengthen

• muscle tone

• power

• stretching

• contraction

The lengthening of a muscle during contraction

• eccentric contraction

• stretching

• concentric contraction

• isometric contraction

A muscle contraction produced by a constant external resistance

• isotonic

• isometric

• isokinetic

• concentric

The shortening of a muscle during contraction

• isotonic contraction

• concentric contraction

• eccentric contraction

• isometric contraction