This stands for Blood Flow Restriction or occlusion training. Here, you rely on elastic wraps, leg straps, or bands to restrict blood flow to your heart. Instead, your targeted muscle group becomes engorged with blood.

When someone besmirches you, he takes you lightly or looks down on you. For example, a fellow lifter may besmirch your ability to do barbell squats.

This refers to a swollen or enlarged groin area. Physical activities such as team sports, jumping, running, and abrupt movements can cause a strained or swollen groin.

As the term implies, this refers to the number of heartbeats in any 60-second span. According to cardiologists, the normal resting heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute.

This is similar to being in beast mode: you’re cranking out intense reps at the gym. You’re conquering your workout like never before.

Beast mode is a state when you’re in a zone or fully locked in on your workout routine. Long story short, you’re smashing your workout.

These are low-intensity activities one does on a daily basis. Examples include walking, standing, and lifting light items. Fitness experts consider people who do baseline activities as inactive.

This refers to a combination of static and dynamic exercises which help improve your balance and stability in and out of the fitness centre. An example is walking on an imaginary tightrope.

A deep recess between two heads of bicep muscles of an individual with an aesthetic physique.

These refer to two opposing muscle groups. For instance, your chest and back are antagonistic pairs. Another example is your biceps and triceps.

You reach your anaerobic threshold when your body produces too much lactic acid. Symptoms include extreme fatigue, muscle cramping, and weakness.

This term relates to exercises which don’t utilise oxygen. These movements are typically strength training exercises which help build muscle mass and increase strength levels.

This is an acronym which means “as many reps/rounds as possible.” It hints at training to failure, which is a popular training method among individuals who want to increase muscle mass and endurance.

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. The former is classified into three categories: essential, non-essential, and conditional.

Someone has an alligator arm when he doesn’t do the full range of motion for a particular exercise. For instance, if a person does a half rep on bench presses, he has an alligator arm.

This is a principle which states the response of a muscle fibre doesn’t depend on how strong a particular stimulus is.

A person is in airplane mode if he enters the gym in a confused state and has no idea what to do. He typically stares at the equipment and does nothing.

This muscle performs the primary movement of an exercise. For instance, your pectorals act as the agonist muscles during a barbell bench press.

This hormone helps offset the effects of stress and improve performance. It’s also known as epinephrine.

This refers to muscular discomfort which occurs in the immediate aftermath of a workout. Whilst hints of soreness may show up at the beginning of a routine, acute muscle soreness doesn’t last for a long time.