Key Terms

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Term	Definition
Calorie	The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C.
Macro	Short for macronutrients, which a type of food (fat, protein, and carbohydrate). Each has its use in the body, like how protein is used to build muscle.
Carb	Short for carbohydrates.
BMI	Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women.
Body Fat Percentage	The amount of lipids you carry ➗ body weight ✖️ 100.
Cutting	The phase where you lose body fat by reducing your overall calories and maybe increasing exercise.
Lean-Bulking	The phase where you begin to maximize muscle growth by eating in a calorie surplus and following the workout Program 2.
Hypertrophy	The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells (AKA muscle growth)
ROM	Short for a range of motion, it is the amount of movement around a specific joint or body part.
Rep	Short for repetition, it is one complete motion of an exercise.
Set	A set is a group of consecutive repetitions. Two sets of ten reps of crunches would mean that you did ten consecutive crunches, rested, and then did another ten crunches.
Tempo	The speed at which a rep occurs.
RPE	Short for Rating of Perceived Exertion, RPE is a way of measuring your physical intensity level on a 1 to 10 scale. For example, if you rate an exercise at 9 RPE, that means you could have only done one more afterward and then met failure.
DOMS	Short for Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, it's the soreness you get after exercising.

The Ideal Male Body

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Term	Definition
Calorie	The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C.
Macro	Short for macronutrients, which a type of food (fat, protein, and carbohydrate). Each has its use in the body, like how protein is used to build muscle.
Carb	Short for carbohydrates.
BMI	Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women.
Body Fat Percentage	The amount of lipids you carry ➗ body weight ✖️ 100.
Cutting	The phase where you lose body fat by reducing your overall calories and maybe increasing exercise.
Lean-Bulking	The phase where you begin to maximize muscle growth by eating in a calorie surplus and following the workout Program 2.
Hypertrophy	The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells (AKA muscle growth)
ROM	Short for a range of motion, it is the amount of movement around a specific joint or body part.
Rep	Short for repetition, it is one complete motion of an exercise.
Set	A set is a group of consecutive repetitions. Two sets of ten reps of crunches would mean that you did ten consecutive crunches, rested, and then did another ten crunches.
Tempo	The speed at which a rep occurs.
RPE	Short for Rating of Perceived Exertion, RPE is a way of measuring your physical intensity level on a 1 to 10 scale. For example, if you rate an exercise at 9 RPE, that means you could have only done one more afterward and then met failure.
DOMS	Short for Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, it's the soreness you get after exercising.

The Ideal Male Body