NASM Personal Training Key Terms (Part 1, Chapters 1-4)

 Keyterms from the National Academy of Sports Medicine's Personal Training text book.

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Deconditioned
A state of lost physical fitness, which may include muscle imbalances, decreased flexibility, and a lack of core and joint stability.
Muscular endurance
A muscle's ability to contract for an extended period of time.
Neuromusucular efficiency
The ability of the neruomuscular system to enable all muscles to efficiently work together in all planes of motion.
Phase of training
Smaller divisions of training progressions that fall within the three building blocks of training.
Prime mover
The muscle that acts as the initial and main source of motive power
Proprioception
The cumulative sensory input to the central nervous system from all mechanoreceptors that sense body position and limb movement
Proprioceptively enriched environment
An unstable physical situation in which exercises are performed that casuses the body to use its internal balance and stablization mechanisms
Rate of force production
How quickly a muscle can generate force
Superset
Set of two exercises that are performed back-to-back, without any rest time betweeen them.
Appendicular skeleton
Portion of the skeletal system that includes the upper and lower extremities
Arthrokinematics
Joint motion
Axial skeleton
Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertabral column
Bones
Provide a resting ground for muscles and protection of vital organs
Central nervous system
Composed of the brain and spinal cord
Depression
Flattened or indented portion of bone, which can be a muscle attachment site.