Glossary

• Interval training

  This is another term for high-intensity interval training (HIIT), where one alternates periods of low-intensity and high-intensity aerobic exercise for greater fat loss.

• Guns

  Guns refer to arm muscles, particularly the biceps and triceps. Flaunting one’s guns means to show off muscular arms which are a product of biceps curls, concentration curls, preacher curls, and the like.

• Flexibility

  This is a component of physical fitness pertaining to stretching, which helps increase one’s range of motion. Stretching types include static, dynamic, and active isolated stretching (AIS).

• Failure

  Training to failure implies performing repetitions until you can’t do them anymore in order to promote muscle growth.

• Delts

  Also known as deltoids, this is the main muscle of the shoulder which is responsible for its extension, flexion, and abduction movements.

• Cross-training

  As the term implies, cross-training means playing another sport to boost fitness levels in one’s main sport. An example is doing yoga to complement one’s bodybuilding program.

• Concentric

  This is a type of muscle activation where the muscle produces force whilst it’s shortening in length. For instance, during a biceps curl, the biceps muscles shorten in length as you lift the barbell.

• Circuit

  This pertains to several exercises where one does them continuously with little to no rest between sets. An example is jump rope, jumping jacks, bodyweight squats, lunges, push-ups, and leg swings.

• Calisthenics

  This branch of bodybuilding mainly deals with bodyweight exercises such as dips, push-ups, crunches, and pull-ups.

• Aerobic

  This type of moderate- intensity physical activity leverages oxygen to help improve cardiorespiratory fitness. Examples include jogging, walking, swimming, running, and biking.

• 1RM

  Also known as one-rep max, this refers to the maximum amount of weight an individual can lift for a single repetition.

• Talk test

  This test aims to make sure that you can still respond to questions during your workout, but not be able to converse as comfortably as you usually do.