Fitness Terminology

1. Location
Refers to the muscle area to be trained in an exercise. For beginners, the concept of location is relatively rough and general. The entire body of pectoral, dorsal, and biceps muscles. For professional athletes, the concept (meaning) of position should be more detailed and precise. For example, the upper edge, lower edge, middle bundle, outer edge, inner edge, lower outer corner, and lower inner corner of the pectoralis major muscle.
2. Action
When training a certain muscle group, use several exercises. For beginners, it is sufficient to do 1 to 2 exercises per part at a time; For athletes, sometimes there can be as many as 6 to 8 training actions for a certain part.
3. Number of groups
In fitness and bodybuilding training, the number of groups for each action varies from 1 to 2 to 7, 8, or even more than a dozen groups. It depends on the training stage, purpose, and level. Generally speaking, beginners do 1 to 4 groups of each action, while mid to high level athletes and fitness enthusiasts do 4 to 6 groups/action.
4. Times
Refers to the number of repetitions that a group of exercises can complete when exhausted. (Also called effective times) Generally, less than 6 times are used to improve muscle strength, mainly for improving the absolute strength of muscles. 8-10 times is a medium frequency and can be used to increase muscle volume and circumference. The training of 10 to 12 times for muscle circumference and endurance is more inclined to endurance, and the training of more than 12 times is more frequently used to improve muscle endurance, muscle separation, fineness, and fat loss.