Fitness Glossary: Essential Fitness Terms You Need to Know

fitness glossary

Want to take your fitness to the next level? Understanding key fitness terms is crucial. From macronutrients to exercise techniques, this blog post will break down the essentials and help you achieve peak performance. Don’t miss out on valuable knowledge that can transform your fitness journey!

  1. Active Lifestyle
  2. Active Recovery
  3. Adaptation
  4. Aerobic Exercise
  5. AMRAP (As Many Rounds/Reps As Possible)
  6. Anabolic
  7. Anaerobic Exercise
  8. ATG (Ass to Grass)
  9. Atrophy
  10. BCAAs (Branched-Chain Amino Acids)
  11. Body Awareness
  12. Body Mass
  13. Body Fat Percentage
  14. BMI (Body Mass Index)
  15. Body Composition
  16. Body Recomposition
  17. Bodyweight Exercises
  18. Bulking
  19. Calisthenics
  20. Caloric Deficit
  21. Cardio
  22. Catabolic
  23. Circuit Training
  24. Compound Exercises/Compound Lift
  25. Concentric
  26. Cool-down
  27. CrossFit
  28. Cycle
  29. Cutting
  30. Deloading
  31. DEXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry)
  32. DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)
  33. Drop Set (Burnout Set)
  34. Dumbbell
  35. Eccentric Contraction
  36. EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute)
  37. Endorphins
  38. Endurance
  39. Extension
  40. EZ-bar
  41. Flexibility
  42. Flexion
  43. Foam Rolling
  44. Form
  45. Frequency
  46. Free Weights
  47. Functional Training
  48. Gains
  49. Guns
  50. HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
  51. Heart Rate Zones
  52. Hydration
  53. Hypertrophy
  54. Intensity
  55. Isolation Exercises/Isolation life
  56. Isometric Contraction
  57. Jacked
  58. Kettlebells
  59. Load
  60. Macronutrients
  61. Megaset
  62. Metabolism
  63. Microcycles
  64. Mind-Muscle Connection
  65. Mirin (Mirroring)
  66. Muscle Pump
  67. Nutrition
  68. One-Rep Max (1RM)
  69. Olympic Barbell
  70. Periodization
  71. Personal Trainer
  72. Pinky
  73. Plateau
  74. Plyometrics
  75. PR (Personal Record)
  76. Progressive Overload
  77. Pump
  78. Range of Motion(ROM)
  79. Reps (Repetitions)
  80. Rest Days/Period
  81. Rest Interval
  82. Resting Heart Rate
  83. Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)
  84. Resistance Machine
  85. Ripped
  86. RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion)
  87. Sets
  88. Spotter
  89. Steady-State Cardio
  90. Static Stretching
  91. Stretching
  92. Supersets
  93. Swole
  94. Tabata
  95. Target Heart Rate
  96. Tempo
  97. Tertiary Exercise
  98. Time Under Tension(TUT)
  99. Tri-set
  100. VO2 Max (Maximum Oxygen Uptake)
  101. Volume
  102. Warm-up

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