Fitness glossary

Strength training, nutrition, and fitness terms explained in plain language.

1
- 10RM
- 10x10
- 1RM
5
- 5/3/1
- 5x5
A
- AMRAP
- Active recovery
- Adaptation
- Added weight
- Additional weight
- All-meat diet
- Alpha Progression
- Alpha Progression Pro
- Alpha Progression free trial
- Alternated grip
- Amino acids
- Arginine
- As many reps as possible
- Ashwagandha
- Assisted exercise
- Asymmetry
- Autoregulated training
- Autoregulation
- Auxiliary muscle
- Available weights
B
- B vitamins
- BCAAs
- BMR
- Back-off sets
- Barbell
- Barbell plate calculator
- Basal metabolic rate
- Beta-alanine
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis
- Biological value
- Block periodization
- Blood lactate
- Blood sugar level
- Body fat percentage
- Body recomposition
- Bodybuilding
- Bodyweight exercises
- Booster
- Branched-chain amino acids
- Bulk
- Bulking phase
- Burpees
C
- CBD
- CNS fatigue
- Cable machine
- Cable tower
- Caffeine
- Calcium
- Calisthenics
- Caloric maintenance
- Calorie counting
- Calorie cycling
- Calorie deficit
- Calorie shifting
- Calorie surplus
- Calories
- Cannabidiol
- Carb backloading
- Carbohydrate backloading
- Carbohydrates
- Cardio
- Cardiovascular exercise
- Cardiovascular system
- Carnivore diet
- Casein
- Cellulite
- Central fatigue
- Central nervous system
- Chalk
- Cheat day
- Cheat meal
- Cholecalciferol
- Circuit training
- Circulatory system
- Citrulline malate
- Clean eating
- Cluster sets
- Collagen
- Combining cardio and strength
- Compound exercises
- Concentric phase
- Concurrent training
- Cool-down
- Counterweight
- Creatine monohydrate
- CrossFit
- Custom exercise
- Cut
- Cutting phase
D
- D-glucose
- DEXA scan
- DHA
- DOMS
- DUP
- Dehydration
- Delayed onset muscle soreness
- Deload
- Deload week
- Detraining
- Dextrose
- Diet break
- Dietary fat
- Dietary fiber
- Dietary supplements
- Dirty bulk
- Docosahexaenoic acid
- Double progression
- Dropsets
- Dumbbells
E
- EAAs
- EMS
- EPA
- EZ bar
- Eccentric phase
- Eccentric-overload reps
- Effort level
- Eicosapentaenoic acid
- Electrical muscle stimulation
- Electrolytes
- Endurance
- Energy balance
- Energy deficit
- Energy surplus
- Equipment
- Essential amino acids
- Estimated 1RM
- Exercise assistance
- Exercise database
- Exercise evaluations
- Exercise intensity
- Exercise library
- Exercise order
- Exercise ratings
- Exercise replacement
- Exercise selection
- Exercise size
- Exercise substitution
- Exercise videos
- Exercise-specific warm-up
- Explosive strength
- External load
- e1RM
F
- Fast-twitch muscle fibers
- Fat
- Fat burner
- Fat-loss phase
- Fatigue
- Fatigue management
- Fiber
- Flexibility
- Flexible dieting
- Foam roller
- Form
- Form failure
- Free weights
- Front-loading training volume
- Frontloading
- Full-body split
G
- Garage gym
- General warm-up
- German volume training
- Giant sets
- Glutamine
- Glycaemia
- Glycemic index
- Glycogen
- Glycogen stores
- Green tea extract
- Gym
- Gym chalk
- Gym profile
- Gym tracker
H
- HIIT
- HIT
- HIT strength training
- Hammer grip
- Hatfield method
- High-intensity interval training
- High-intensity training
- High-volume training
- Hip dips
- Home gym
- Hook grip
- Hydration
- Hydrolysate
- Hypertrophy
- Hypohydration
I
- IIFYM
- If it fits your macros
- Instructional videos
- Insulin
- Intensity
- Intensity techniques
- Intermittent fasting
- Intra-workout nutrition
- Intuitive eating
- Isolate
- Isolation exercises
- Isometric exercises
J
- Joint mobility
K
- Keto diet
- Ketogenic diet
- Kettlebells
- Knee sleeves
- Knee wraps
L
- L-arginine
- L-glutamine
- LISS cardio
- LIT cardio
- Lactate
- Large, medium, and small exercises
- Lean bulk
- Leucine
- Lifting belt
- Lifting chalk
- Lifting shoes
- Lifting straps
- Lifting tempo
- Ligaments
- Linear periodization
- Linear progression
- Load
- Load periodization
- Local fatigue
- Low-carb diet
- Low-carbohydrate diet
- Low-intensity steady-state cardio
- Low-intensity training
- Low-volume training
M
- Machines
- Macrocycle
- Macronutrients
- Magnesium
- Main lifts
- Maintenance break
- Maintenance calories
- Maltodextrin
- Mass gainer
- Maximal strength
- Maximum strength
- Meal plan
- Meal timing
- Mechanical tension
- Melatonin
- Menaquinones
- Mesocycle
- Metabolism
- Microcycle
- Microloading
- Micronutrients
- Mind-muscle connection
- Minerals
- Mixed grip
- Mobility
- Multi-joint exercises
- Muscle confusion
- Muscle damage
- Muscle failure
- Muscle glycogen
- Muscle growth
- Muscle hypertrophy
- Muscle memory
- Muscle protein synthesis
- Muscle soreness
- Muscular power
- Myo-reps
N
- Negative phase
- Negative reps
- Neutral grip
- Nonessential amino acids
- Nutrient timing
O
- Omega-3
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- One-off workout
- One-repetition maximum
- Overhand grip
- Overreaching
- Overtraining
P
- PR
- Paleo diet
- Paleolithic diet
- Parallel grip
- Partial range of motion
- Partial reps
- Peaking
- Periodization
- Peripheral fatigue
- Personal best
- Personal record
- Phytochemicals
- Plate calculator
- Plateau
- Positive phase
- Post-workout meal
- Post-workout nutrition
- Powerlifting
- Pre-exhaustion
- Pre-fatigue
- Pre-workout
- Pre-workout booster
- Pre-workout meal
- Pre-workout nutrition
- Pre-workout supplement
- Primary lifts
- Progress tracking
- Progression
- Progression recommendations
- Progressive overload
- Pronated grip
- Protein
- Protein bars
- Protein denaturation
- Protein isolate
- Protein powder
- Pump
- Push-pull-legs split
- Pyramid training
R
- RIR
- RM
- ROM
- RPE
- Ramp-up set
- Range of motion
- Rating of perceived exertion
- Recomp
- Recovery
- Refeed
- Refeed day
- Relative intensity
- Rep max
- Rep range
- Rep tempo
- Repetition maximum
- Repetition range
- Repetitions
- Reps
- Reps in reserve
- Resistance bands
- Resistance machines
- Resistance training
- Rest between sets
- Rest day
- Rest interval
- Rest timer
- Rest-pause
- Rest-pause sets
- Rest-pause training
- Reverse diet
- Reverse dieting
- Reverse grip
S
- SAID principle
- Secondary muscle
- Secondary plant compounds
- Set periodization
- Set timer
- Sets
- Single-joint exercises
- Single-limb exercises
- Single-session workout
- Six pack
- Skinny fat
- Sleep
- Sleep and muscle recovery
- Slow-twitch muscle fibers
- Small weight increments
- Smith machine
- Specialization cycle
- Specific warm-up
- Specificity principle
- Split
- Spot reduction
- Stability
- Standalone workout
- Static exercises
- Strength endurance
- Strength training
- Stretch
- Stretching
- Stretching exercises
- Sugar substitutes
- Supersets
- Supinated grip
- Supplements
- Suspension training
- Sweeteners
- Synergist
- Systemic fatigue
T
- TDEE
- TRX
- Target muscle
- Targeted fat loss
- Technical failure
- Technique
- Ten-repetition maximum
- Tendons
- Theine
- Thigh gap
- Time under tension
- Tonnage
- Total daily energy expenditure
- Trace elements
- Training accessories
- Training adaptation
- Training block
- Training break
- Training diary
- Training effort
- Training experience
- Training fatigue
- Training frequency
- Training history
- Training intensity
- Training load
- Training plan
- Training plan generator
- Training split
- Training stimulus
- Training to failure
- Training volume
- Trap bar
- Type I fibers
- Type II fibers
U
- Underhand grip
- Undulating periodization
- Unilateral exercises
- Upper-lower split
V
- Valsalva maneuver
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Vitamin B complex
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D3
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K2
- Vitamins
- Volume
- Volume load
W
- Warm-up
- Warm-up set
- Wave periodization
- Weight cycling
- Weight gainer
- Weight increments
- Weight periodization
- Weight training
- Weightlifting belt
- Weightlifting shoes
- Whey
- Whey hydrolysate
- Whey isolate
- Whole-body fatigue
- Withania somnifera
- Working set
- Workout accessories
- Workout history
- Workout journal
- Workout log app
- Workout plan generator
- Workout progress tracking
- Workout routine
- Workout tracker
Y
- Yo-yo effect
- Yohimbine
Z
- ZMA
- Zig-zag diet
- Zinc
- Zinc magnesium aspartate
- Zone 2 cardio
- Zone 2 training