Happy Australia Day

Happy Australia Day from Crunch Fitness.

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Make Australia Day a Family Day

Tomorrow is Australia Day, and we are so lucky here in Sydney. So get out and walk and be healthy and enjoy the company of your loved ones.

What better way to celebrate Australia Day than at the magnificent Darling Harbour, which hosts a wide variety of events to entertain the public on this national holiday.

With 200,000 turning up, it's a pretty big party.

Sailing regattas, gourmet picnics, formal ceremonies and family entertainment are all on offer as part of the festivities. Traditionally, three stages at Darling Harbour, Palm Grove and Tumbalong Park keep the masses happy.

You can also expect beautiful Cockle Bay to join in the fun, following past years' water-ski displays, King Neptune's Greatest Show on H2O, and parades of tall ships and working harbour vessels at dusk.

The day's celebrations draw to a close in amazing fashion with the Darling Harbour Spectacular, a laser, lighting and fireworks display (weather permitting). Keep an eye on the official Australia Day and Darling Harbour websites for the full itinerary.

Happy Australia Day from all of us here at Krunch Fitness in Earlwood, Sydney.

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Krunch Fitness Glossary - I

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Imbalance
The state or condition of lacking balance. (Muscular imbalances) Lack of balance and normal symmetry within the muscular system.

Impingement
An encroachment on the space occupied by soft tissue, such as nerve or muscle. In this text, impingement refers to nerve irritation (i.e., from pressure or friction) associated with muscles.

In Vitro
Functioning outside of, or detached from the body.

In Vivo
Functioning within the body.

Innervation
Nerve stimulation of a muscle.

Internal Rotation
Rotation occurring toward midline; movement inward.

Isokinetic Exercise
Contractions performed at constant angular velocity.

Isolate-Integrate
When a weak link is identified, it may be important to emphasize the target area by isolating the joint movement. Isolated strength can then be integrated with the rest of the body.

Isometric Action
Iso = same; metric = length - The force produced by the muscle is equal and opposite to the external resistance, therefore, there is no net change in muscle length - no limb movement. (Also referred to as Static exercise)

Interstitial
The space within an organ.

Ipsilateral
The same side of the body.

Isolation
Normally defined as a single joint motion. It is important to remember that one cannot isolate a muscle while resistance training. For example, immediately following a load application, the stabilizer muscles become partially involved, due to the machine's assistance. The outside assistance (machine) helps the body or specific joint(s) to remain stable while the prime movers cope with the load. Although we cannot isolate muscles, we can use certain machines to isolate a joint(s), which will emphasize a target area.

Isotonic Exercise
Exercise involving constant muscle contraction.

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Krunch Fitness Glossary - H

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Heavy Weight
Training Usually defined (changes based on author) as a load used to enhance strength adaptation or neural adaptation. The repetition for strength are usually set @ 6-8 using 3-4 sets @ 75-85% intensity. Neural adaptations utilize 1-5 repetitions for 4-8 sets @ 85-100% intensity.

Homeostasis
Maintenance of the body's internal environment.

Hyper
A prefix meaning above, beyond or excessive. For example, hypertonic means tone beyond normal.

Hyperkyphosis
Excessive curvature of the thoracic (middle) spine.

Hyperlordosis
Excessive curvature of the lumbar (lower) spine and/or cervical spine.

Hypertrophy
Excessive growth of an organ and/or tissues.

Hypo
A prefix meaning below or deficient. For example, hypotonic means tone below normal.

Hypokinetic
Lack of physical activity.

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Krunch Fitness Glossary - G

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Generalized Motor Programs
Consists of a stored pattern, which can be modulated slightly when the program is executed. This allows the movement to be adjusted to meet the altered environmental demands.

Genu Valgum
Knock-knees, defined as a medial displacement of the distal end of the distal bone in the joint.

Glycemia
The presence of glucose in the blood.

Golgi Tendon Organ
A sensory organ. Located within the tendon, that has a high threshold and responds to (great amounts of tension on the tendon), regardless if produced by stretch or contraction. When stimulated, will cause an inhibition of the agonist and facilitation of the antagonist.

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Fitness Glossary - F

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Fascia
A general term for a layer or layers of loose or dense fibrous connective tissue.

Fatigue
In terms of training and exercise it may be defined as: The failure of one or more neuromuscular energy systems (phosphagen, glycolysis, & oxidative systems), cause by repetitive movements (exercising), of given intensities (intrinsic/extrinsic resistance loads, etc.), over specific durations (minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc.

Feldenkrais Method
A method of working with the body devised by Mosh Feldenkrais. Its main goal is to deprogram poor postural and muscular habits and reprogram new patterns by gentle awareness through movement exercises.

Fibrosis
The formation of fibrous tissue. Fibrosis is caused by many factors including injury, inflammation and infection.

Fixed Pattern
Many machines are designed with a predicable pattern of movement. Equipment manufacturers have designed machines to aid in the fixation of a joint(s), allowing for precise placement of limbs. This ensures that a target area is maximally recruited while other muscles remain largely dormant.

Flexibility
The ability to readily adapt to changes in position or alignment; may be expressed as normal limited, or excessive.

Flexion
Anterior exercises or trunk movements performed in the sagittal plane around a transverse axis.

Force Couple
Two forces that are equal in magnitude and, acting in opposite directions, produce rotation about an axis.

Force
An interaction between two objects in the form of a push or pull that may or may not produce motion.

Free Weights
Free weights are often used without the constraint that machines offer. For example, in the standing position, the entire body supports the free weight, taxing a larger portion of the body's musculature than would a traditional machine. The movement of a free weight is constrained by the lifter rather than a machine, requiring muscles to work in stabilization as well as in motion. The lifting of free weights involves a more natural coordination of several muscle groups.

Frequency
Rate of reoccurrence.

Function (n)
The acts or operations expected of a person or thing. The ability of a living being to perform in a given way or capacity for a particular kind of performance. (v) To perform the duties or function of. TO serve, operate, perform. Functional Carry-over The skill obtained through training that can be carried over to every day function.

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Fitness Glossary - E

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Eccentric (lengthening) Action
The force produced by the muscle is less than the external resistance, but it is causing the joint movement to occur more slowly than the external resistance would tend to make the limb move.
Edema
Accumulation of abnormal quantities of fluid in spaces between the cells of the body. Edema can accumulate in almost any location in the body.

Efferent Neuron
Conducts impulses from the CNS to the effector organ (E.G., motor neuron).

Efficacy
The power to produce and effect.

Electrolyte
A charged ion capable of conducting electrical current when in solutions.

Electromyography (EMG)
The recording of the electrical activity in the muscle; recording the action potentials in a muscle or in muscle groups.

Endomysium
The thin connective tissue surrounding each muscle cell.

Energy
The potential or capacity to do work.

Epimysium
The sheath of fibrous connective tissue surrounding a muscle.

Extension
Dorsal exercises or trunk movements performed in the sagittal plane around a transverse axis.

External Rotation
Rotation occurring away from midline; outward rotation.

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Krunch Fitness Glossary - D

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Dynamic Exercise
Joint movement resulting from muscular exertion (concentric or eccentric).

Davis's Law
Davis's Law states: that soft tissue models along the line of stress. Which when applied means we must train in optimal alignment and never allow gross compensations or the tissues will adapt to the potential detrimental forces placed upon the human movement system (kinetic chain).

Diastolic Blood
Pressure Pressure exerted by the blood on the vessel walls when the heart is in its filling stage (bottom number).

Distal
Further away from the center or median line.

Diuretics
A class of drugs used to force the kidney to excrete more sodium than usual. Increased sodium excretion causes increased water excretion, so urine volume increases. The increased sodium excretion is desirable and therapeutic in disorders causing abnormal fluid retention due to heart failure, liver failure or kidney failure.

Dorsal Pertaining to the back.
Dynamic Posture The maintenance of the instantaneous axis or rotation of any/all working joints.

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