Warm-up

1) Acceleration at the start of a session leading to the level of performance characteristic of the bulk of the session. 2) A low or zero response rate at the start of a session ...

warm-up

Automotive; Automobile

Process of allowing an engine to gain its correct working temperature after a cold start, before subjecting it to full load.

warm-up

Fitness; Workouts

Gentle, slow exercise at the beginning of a workout to prepare muscles, heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature for the activity.

warming up

Sports; Horse racing

Galloping horse on way to post.

CoolMax

Fitness; Workouts

DuPont CoolMax is a high-performance polyester. It uses DuPont's proprietary Dacron? fibers to move sweat away from the body to the outer layer of the fabric, where it can ...

VO2 max

Fitness; Workouts

The largest volume of oxygen your body can take in and assimilate. This figure is very high in trained endurance athletes.

pandiculation

Fitness; Workouts

the act of stretching oneself and yawning

bicep

Fitness; Workouts

The muscle running along the inside of the upper arm which bends your arm at the elbow. Paddling a canoe (and a kayak, to some degree) exercises your biceps.

bicep muscle

Fitness; Workouts

The muscle in the front of your upper arm above the elbow. It has two heads (hence, "bi") that attach to different parts of your shoulder. Flexing makes you feel studly.

biomechanics

Fitness; Workouts

The study of the mechanics of muscular activity. A sub-discipline of kinesiology, biomechanics uses applications and mathematical methods of mechanics to figure out how and why ...

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Brittany Maynard

Brittany Lauren Maynard (November 19, 1984 – November 1, 2014) was an American woman who had terminal cancer and became a right-to-die advocate before ...