IMPORTANT BIOFITNESS INSTITUTE WORD DEFINITIONS

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BODYBUILD	A sport or fitness activity with emphasis on muscle development, proportion, and size.
ENDURANCE-STRENGTH	The ability of a muscle to produce prolonged effort.
FORM AND FUNCTION	The way in which an object does something as defined by it's shape.
INTENSITY	The relative heart rate, speed, or level of exertion expressed as a percentage of the maximum allowable.
MACRO CYCLE	Two or more Meso Cycles combined together.
MESO CYCLE	Four to six weekly high intensity or low intensity Micro Cycles into a single unit.
MICRO CYCLE	An exercising period lasting seven days for the purpose of developing muscle size, density and/or muscle strength.
MUSCLE FIBER DENSITY	The amount of muscle fibers compacted into a given volume of muscle tissue.
PERIODIZATION	The organizing of a long term physical peak on a specific predetermined date; usually accomplished by taking the peak date and figuering the micro cycles back to a starting point.
PLATEAU	A time or area in development when neither progress nor decline takes place.
POINT OF DIMINISHED RETURN	The point where the advancement of muscle development decreases in proportion to the amount of effort requiredfor continued improvement.
POWER-STRENGTH	The amount of work accomplished by a muscle relative to the duration of the effort (work divided by time).
POWERLIFT	A competitive sport in which the winner is selected by lifting the most weight resistance one time in the benchpress, squat, and deadlift exercises.
REPETITION	A single complete movement of an exercise.
RESISTANCE	Any opposing force (mass, air pressure, ect.) which causesa muscle to tense or shorten in an effort to overcome it.
WEIGHTLIFT	A competitive athletic sport in which the winner is selected by lifting the most weight resistance one time inthe snatch and clean with jerk exercises.
WORKLOAD	The total of resistance as measured by time and/or effort into days, weeks, or months.