Muscular Fitness and Flexibility

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Across
  1. 4. A thickening of existing muscle fibers.
  2. 5. measurement of movement around a joint
  3. 7. when opposing muscles provide different directions of tension due to tightness or weakness
  4. 8. one instance of an exercise
  5. 9. Alternate sets of exercises without rest between sets.
  6. 10. Continued systematic increase of muscle workload by the addition of more weight or resistance.
  7. 12. Stretching of a muscle.
  8. 14. Any group of muscles of large size or any large number of muscles being used at one time.
  9. 15. Time required to resume its former or usual condition
  10. 16. measured by the maximum number of repetitions one can perform against a resistance that's given percentage of one's 1RM
  11. 20. An increase in the number of muscle fibers.
  12. 22. ability of an object to resume its normal shape after being stretched
  13. 28. A type of muscle contraction that occurs when the resistance force is movable.
  14. 29. The lifter uses the same amount of weight for 3-5 sets at a training load of 80-95% of his/her 1RM.
Down
  1. 1. A measure of a lifters absolute maximum strength for any given exercise.
  2. 2. Performing the eccentric, or negative, phase of an exercise only, using a weight 10-15% greater than one's 1RM.
  3. 3. An approach to training that uses progressively heavier weights and fewer reps through successive sets of an exercise.
  4. 6. stretch held in a challenging but comfortable position for a period of time
  5. 7. Lifting the same amount of weight to the point of fatigue.
  6. 11. ability of your joints to move freely
  7. 13. external force exerts upon the limb to move into new positions
  8. 15. stretching movements that challenge the reflexes to adapt
  9. 17. Maximum force you are able to exert in relation to your body weight.
  10. 18. Maximum amount of force a muscle/muscle group can exert against an opposing force.
  11. 19. Shortening of a muscle.
  12. 20. Microscopic rips in the muscle fiber and surrounding tissues.
  13. 21. position of a person's body when standing or sitting
  14. 23. any exercise that causes muscles to contract against an external resistance with expectation of increase in strength, tone, mass, and endurance
  15. 24. capable of being bent without breaking
  16. 25. Involves rotating from one exercise to the next in a particular sequence.
  17. 26. Special type of striated tissue that forms the walls of the heart.
  18. 27. specificstructure in the muscle that receives signals from the nerves.