Find Your Fitness
Across
- 1. A short bar with weight at each end. They are typically used in pairs for muscle building exercises.
- 8. Running or walking a distance of 26.2 miles.
- 10. A popular brand of indoor (at home) fitness bikes.
- 11. A single execution of an exercise.
- 14. You can run or walk for miles on this piece of cardio equipment without going anywhere.
- 15. The central part of the body, or the trunk. It includes the pelvis, lower back, hips, and stomach.
- 16. Running at full speed.
- 18. A slow-paced run.
- 20. Developed as a spiritual practice thousands of years ago, this form of activity connects the body, breath, and mind using postures, breathing exercises, and meditation.
Down
- 2. The ability to maintain an activity for an extended period of time.
- 3. A long metal bar on which weight plates can be slid onto each end. They typically weigh 45 pounds, and are used for weightlifting and powerlifting.
- 4. The term for an elevated slope (treadmill, elliptical, hill, bench).
- 5. A ball-shaped weight with a handle on top and a flat bottom.
- 6. A clear, salty liquid produced by glands in your skin to help your body cool itself.
- 7. The ability of a joint to move through a range of motion.
- 9. A type of exercise that improves flexibility and mobility by lengthening muscles.
- 12. The ability to exert force in order to overcome the resistance.
- 13. A group of repetitions.
- 17. A stationary core exercise in which you face the floor and create a flat line with your body like a tabletop.
- 19. A painful, involuntary contraction of a muscle commonly caused by fatigue from strenuous exercise or dehydration.