Across
- 2. Indigestible carbohydrate
- 5. The body's response to exercise stress
- 7. Process of building new proteins
- 8. A short handheld bar with weights attached
- 10. Amount of weight or resistance used
- 12. How often you train
- 13. How quickly you can generate force
- 16. A set of observational characteristics (Ex:hair color, or eye color)
- 17. Exercise that targets one specific muscle
- 18. Training with more stress than usual
- 19. Light activity that prepares the body
- 22. The body chemical that influences muscle growth
- 23. The ability for a muscle to generate force
- 24. Thick filament that gathers actin
Down
- 1. Planned exercise to cause adaptation
- 3. How hard you push yourself when training
- 4. Increase in muscle size
- 5. Thin filament involved in contraction
- 6. Contracting tissue that creates movement
- 9. Shortened muscle during contraction
- 11. Pull and push produced by muscle
- 14. Number of times you perform a movement
- 15. Time used to allow for muscle tissue to repair
- 20. Nutrient essential for muscle repair
- 21. The lengthening of the muscle during contraction