Fitness Terms

Hi there! I've been meaning to do this for a while, and in this post, I'll go over some common fitness terms. Honestly, before I started training I barely knew what these terms meant either. Let me define and explain them to you!

• Strength Training/Weight Training/Weight Lifting/Resistance Training - Anything that involves lifting weights or resistance so this could be with dumbbells, kettlebells, cables, or bands.

• Cardio - Activities that involve repetitive continuous motion and increasing your heart rate. This includes and is not limited to: walking, jogging, running, cycling, hiking, and swimming.

• Calisthenics - This is bodyweight training so all the exercises are done with just bodyweight and no additional resistance.

• HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training - This involves intervals or durations of time (usually short bursts) of a challenging exercise. This is then repeated for a certain number of times. An example of a HIIT workout can be: 20 seconds of jumping jacks, 10 seconds of rest, 20 seconds of mountain climbers, etc.

• Flexibility - How flexible you are and how your range of motion is; for example, if you can touch your toes, then you have great flexibility!

• Foam Rolling - This is done using a foam roller where you roll your muscles so you can release tension and "knots." This is basically self-massage.

• Myosfascial release - In simple terms, this is massage or when you release tension or "knots" in your muscles.

• Reps - How many repetitions you do an exercise; for example, if I tell you to do 12 push ups, then you're doing 12 reps of an exercise.

• Sets - How many rounds you do an exercise; for example, if I tell you to do 3 sets of 12 push ups, then you'll do 3 rounds of the 12 push ups.

• Circuit - This includes 2 or more exercises that are grouped together. For example, I can have you do a circuit of 10 squats, 10 push ups, and a 30 second plank.

• Superset - This is only a circuit of 2 exercises.

• PR - Personal record - This is your personal record, whether it's how fast you ran, how heavy your lifted, or how many reps you did!

• 1 RM - 1 Rep Max - How heavy you can lift for 1 rep

• AMRAP - As many reps as possible; sometimes trainers will have clients do as many reps of an exercise as possible; it's usually with light weight or bodyweight.

• EMOM - Every minute on the minute - At the top of each minute, you'll do that particular exercise for a certain number of reps.

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