Across
- 2. A subjective scale used to measure how hard someone feels they are working
- 4. As the body adapts to a given stimulus, an increase in the stimulus is required for further adaptations and improvements
- 5. Involving both sides of the body
- 6. Process of explaining risks and benefits before participation
- 8. Body’s primary source of energy during exercise
- 10. Ability to produce force quickly
- 12. Natural pacemaker of the heart that controls heart rate
- 13. below the surface
- 14. Nutrients needed for body functions like bone health and fluid balance
- 17. Electrolyte that helps regulate fluid balance and nerve and muscle function
- 19. away from the midline of the body
- 23. Conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels
- 24. Ability of a muscle to exert maximum force
- 25. The study of mechanics of human movement and specifically evaluates muscles, joints, and skeletal structures and their involvement in movement.
Down
- 1. Lying face down
- 3. Increase in muscle size due to training
- 7. Commonly used in powerlifting to stabilize the trunk during exercises like the squat and deadlift. The Valsalva maneuver should be avoided by the general population as it increases intra-abdominal pressure, blood pressure, and heart rate.
- 9. Measure of body weight relative to height used to assess health risk
- 11. Amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute
- 15. This principle indicates that the adaptation will be specific to the demands that the exercise places on the individual
- 16. Divides the body into front and back halves
- 18. Mineral essential for oxygen transport in the blood
- 20. Ability of a joint to move through its normal, pain free range of motion
- 21. Organization that provides exercise guidelines and certifications
- 22. Maximum amount of oxygen the body can use during exercise