| AEROBIC |
Energy created with oxygen, or in the presence of oxygen. |
| ANAEROBIC |
Energy created without oxygen, or in the absence of oxygen. |
| MASS |
That property of a body to which its inertia is ascribed, being a measure of its acceleration upon application of a given force. |
| METs |
A measurement unit of energy expenditure; one MET equals approximately 3.5 milligrams of oxygen consumed perminute per kilogram of body weight. |
| PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE |
A program in which the amount of resistance is regularly increased as the muscles gain in strength; maintaining continual overload. |
| RESISTANCE |
Any opposing force (mass, air pressure, ect.) which causesa muscle to tense or shorten in an effort to overcome it. |
| WORKLOAD |
The total of resistance as measured by time and/or effort into days, weeks, or months. |
IMPORTANT BIOFITNESS WORD DEFINITIONS