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Gym Jargon - Definitions of Common Weight Room Terms
by Maia Appleby
Anyone new to weightlifting might feel intimidated when people at the gym use terms they don't understand. Here's a glossary defining some of the most common:
- Abductors - Hip muscles that bring the legs out to the sides of the body.
- Abs - General term for the abdominal (tummy) muscles, which includes the upper and lower abs, and the internal and external obliques.
- Achilles tendon - Connects the calf to the heel.
- Adductors - Muscles that bring the legs in toward the body (opposite of abductors).
- Atrophy - The muscular result of ignoring the "use it or lose it" mantra.
- Biceps - Muscles located on the front of the upper arm
- Cardiovascular - Exercise that raises the heart rate and burns fat, like walking, running, bicycling and swimming.
- Curl - Any exercise that involves bending at a joint to bring a weight closer to the body.
- Delts (deltoids) - Shoulder muscles.
- Extension - Any exercise that involves straightening at a joint to bring a weight further from the body.
- Free weights - Dumbbells, barbells, ankle weights, etc.
- Glutes (gluteals) - General term for the buttock muscles, including the gluteus minimus, medius and maximus.
- Hamstrings - Muscles located on the back of the thighs.
- Lats Back muscles.
- Obliques - Muscles at the sides of the abdomen.
- Pecs (pectorals) - Chest muscles.
- Quads (quadriceps) - Muscles located on the front of the thighs.
- Rectus Abdominus - Largest abdominal muscle, often called the "upper abs".
- Rep - One repetition of a weight lifting move.
- Set - A group of repetitions in a weight lifting routine.
- Triceps - Y-shaped group of muscles located on the back of the arm.
- Weight bearing exercise - Exercise that involves bearing one's own weight, like walking or using an elliptical trainer.
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