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Local muscular fatigue When a muscle, or group of muscles, is unable to carry on contracting and movement stops
Apprehensive Fearful about the future
Motivation Your drive to succeed and desire and energy to achieve something
Stress fractures A break in the bone caused by repeated application of a heavy load or constant pounding on a surface such as by running
Tennis elbow A painful injury or inflammation of the tendon attached to the elbow joint
Dilated Enlarged, expanded or widened.
Sprains The overstretching or tearing of ligaments at a joint
Strains The overstretching of a muscle, rather than a joint
Gaseous exchange The process where oxygen is taken in from the air and exchanged for co2
Alveoli Small air sacs in the lungs where gaseous exchange takes place
Intercostal muscles Abdominal muscles between the ribs which assist in the process of breathing
Sternum The chest or breast bone
Glycogen The main form of carbohydrate storage, which is converted into glucose as needed by the body to satisfy its energy needs
Lactic acid A mild poison and waste product of anaerobic respiration
Heart rate The number of times your heart beats in one minute, which is one contraction and relaxation of the heart
Pulse A recording of the rate per minute at which the heart beats
Blood pressure The force of the circulating blood on the walls of the arteries
MHR 220 minus age
Training zone The range of the heart within which a specific training effect will take place
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