Overloading or taxing a muscle will promote hypertrophy. Once a muscle is used to a specific resistance or workload, it won’t grow. Therefore, increasing the weight as needed will help promote muscle growth.

This refers to skin with minimal subcutaneous fat which helps emphasise musculature. Having onion skin is an advantage for competitive bodybuilders.

Doing an exercise without going through the full range of motion. A lifter who does leg presses without locking out his knees fits this description.

Namaste is a greeting in yoga which means “I bow to you.” Instructors typically conclude a yoga session with this greeting.

This refers to how much force a particular muscle produces. Muscular strength intangibles include age, gender, and genetics.

This refers to the ideal number of repetitions per set one should aim for when training for endurance. Fitness experts believe doing 13 to 20 reps will help an individual achieve that goal.

According to this principle, when muscles adapt to constantly-changing stimuli, they grow. Making tweaks or changes in one’s fitness program after several weeks help promote muscle confusion.

Fitness experts believe one experiences muscle burn – an intense sensation felt during or after a hard workout – because of microscopic tears in the muscle. To help offset this, one must have ample recovery time in his fitness program.

This accounts for all the muscle fibres in a particular muscle. When broken down further, these muscle fibres become fasciculi. The latter is made up of hundreds of thousands of myofibrils.

This is the act of reprimanding someone verbally at the fitness centre. For instance, you tell a bloke he’s taking too long using a pair of dumbbells because he’s been using his phone too much.

These are three categories of exercise movements: sagittal (front to back), frontal (side to side), and transverse (rotational). The best fitness programs include all three for better long-term results.

This refers to physical activities which one does at 40 to 60 percent of his maximum heart rate. Examples include brisk walking, cycling, dancing, hiking, and playing doubles tennis.

This is an acronym which stands for “mind-muscle connection.” When you concentrate on the muscle you’re working on, you’re more likely to get more impressive results.

These are the muscles you typically see when you admire yourself in front of a mirror. The chest and bicep muscles stand out in this regard.

This is a shortened term for admiring. Taking a selfie after a workout at the gym and then posting it on Facebook or Instagram is an example.

This refers to the amount of mental focus an individual applies to a specific muscle group during a lift. Experts believe excellent mind-muscle connection allows lifters to break through plateaus and establish PRs.

This is the ratio of one’s working metabolic rate to its resting counterpart. METs help determine the intensity of a particular physical activity. For instance, skipping rope has an MET of 12.3.

Also known as metcon, this type of training focuses on intermediate energy pathways. To achieve this, one must do them at a certain time and intensity. Examples include CrossFit, P90X, and Insanity.

This refers to the overloading of muscle fibres through their full range of motion. You can increase mechanical tension by lifting slowly, prolong a range of motion, or maintain tension during the negative phase of a lift.

This is the maximum number of heartbeats registered in 60 seconds of effort. The formula for maximum heart rate is 220 minus your age. For instance, if you’re 30 years old, your maximum heart rate is 190.