Extension- Any movement that increases the angle between two bones attached at the same joint. For example : sit in a chair by your side, and curl your foot in front of you.

 Flexion – Any movement that decreases the angle between two bones attached at the same joint. For example: keep your arm by your side, and curl your forearm up.

Repetition (Rep) – Performing one UP AND DOWN movement constitutes ONE rep. So ding 10 reps of Pushups would mean going down AND up 10 times.

Set­ – A collection of repetitions, So those 10 pushups you did would constitute. One set. Most bodybuilders do multiple sets of each individual exercise (i.e. 5 sets of 10 reps on the bench Press.)

Nutrition-

 Calories (Cal)- the amount of heat required to raise one gram of water one degree centigrade. Or in nutritional terms, the amount of food you eat that does this. Or in layman’s terms, very small amount of food.

Carbohydrate (Carbo)- Any of various compounds made up carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (as sugars, starches, and celluloses) most of which are formed by green plants, and constitute a major source of animal food. Or in layman’s terms, things like sugar, bread, paste, etc. which give you large amounts of energy very quickly. There are simple and complex carbohydrates; also Simple cabs (i.e. plain sugar, sport drinks, candy) give you ad VERY quick burst in energy because they are digested so quickly. Complex carbohydrates give you longer-term energy because they take.

Note: Carbohydrates have 4 calories per gram.

Protein -  Any of numerous naturally occurring extremely complex combinations of amino acids, Nutritionally, Protein is the ONLY nutrient that can build muscle tissue. Anyone who tells you differently is flat-out wrong. Neither crabs, fats vitamins or anything else directly BUILD muscle. They cob tribute to the bodies overall energy and well being, but cannot reconstruct broken-down muscle tissue. Protein is made up of amino acids (both essential and non-essential that are directly responsible for repairing musde tissue. It is of absolute critical to get plenty of protein if you are trying to build muscle. To shortchange yourself in this department is a sure-fire recipe for no gain in muscle mass.

Note: Protein also has 4 calories per gram.