Anabolic-a compound that promotes anabolism; constructive synthesis (metabolism).
Anabolism- constructive synthesis. The building of complex compounds from smaller, simpler ones
Androgenic- producing masculine characteristics
Androstenedione
An androgen (male hormone). Androgens are produced in two sites in the male body - most originate in the testes, but some potent male hormones are produced by the adrenal glands, located just above the kidneys. Androstenedione is a pivotal adrenal steroid that's actually one step closer to being converted to testosterone than DHEA. It raises your testosterone levels and can provide more
strength
Aspirate - the process of pulling back the plunger of a syringe after insertion to insure the needle has not penetrated a blood vessel
Catabolic - the effect of catabolism. Causing muscle loss.
Catabolism - any destructive metabolic process by which organisms convert substances into excreted compounds
Gauge - the size of a needle. The smaller the gauge the thicker the needle. An 18g is referred to as a canon
Half life - the time in which the level of a substance is 1/2 of the starting level
Intramuscular (IM) - a technique of injecting a substance into the muscle tissue for absorption into the circulatory system
Subcutaneous (sub-q) - injection technique delivering medication into the soft tissue underlying the skin. (Usually slin or HGH). Injecting between the skin & muscle tissue
Bulking Up:
Gaining bodyweight by adding both fat & muscle, a once common practice no longer in vogue among knowledgeable bodybuilders.
Burn:
The burning sensation in a muscle that comes from the lactic acid and pH buildup resulting from exercising the muscle to failure.
Cap:
The deltoid muscle of the shoulder, which can be divided into front, middle and rear heads for training.
Cheat Reps:
When muscle fatigue begins to set in or the weight is too heavy, some athletes employ body English or 'improper' form to make the lift, using surrounding muscle groups or even momentum to assist in the movement.
Spotter:
Standing by, alert and ready to assist promptly if called upon by someone performing an exercise.
Circuit Training:
A workout technique in which the individual goes from one exercise to another. One set per movement per round, with minimal rest, thus gaining some aerobic benefit at the expense of maximal strength gains.
Cramping:
Exercising a muscle using shortened movements that causes a muscle to cramp, contracting painfully perhaps to the point of temporary fatigue to achieve a greater pump.
Cutting Up:
Stripping the body of excess body fat while retaining maximum muscularity. Also can be called
Ripped, Shredded, Sliced, etc.
Cycle:
A length of time set aside for specific types of training, whether for bulking up, getting stronger, getting
Leaner, etc. Combining individual training cycles is sometimes referred to as periodization.
Cycle (of steroids):
Another meaning is taking one or more specialized supplements (or steroids) for a specific period of time, as taking creatine for two months, then stopping for a month.
Definition:
Extremely low body fat coupled with superior muscle separation and vascularity; the physical manifestation of 'dialing it in'. Adjectives that are used to describe this desired state include ripped, shredded, sliced, cut, striated.
Dextrose:
Used post training to cause an insulin spike to replenish glycogen levels to stave of catabolism.
Dialing It In:
The process of training and dieting to get shredded for a contest. Adjectives include on time, on the money, peaking.
DPP:
Short for Discipline, persistence and patience.
Flat:
Describes muscles that have lost their fullness, commonly caused by overtraining, under training or a lack of nutrients and water.
Flush:
To increase the blood supply to a muscle, thereby bringing in more nutrients.
Forced Reps:
Additional repetitions of an exercise performed with the help of a partner when you're unable to do anymore reps on your own.
Freak:
Anyone with inhuman size or unproportional muscles. The person that makes you stare.
Free Hand Movement:
Any exercise that can be performed without exercise equipment, using only your bodyweight, such as a push-up or squat without weight.
Full:
The appearance of muscle pressing against skin. The best competitive bodybuilders manage to look simultaneous full and shredded.
Glutes:
A shortend version of gluteus maximus, the largest of the muscles forming each of the human buttocks.
Guns:
Another word for Biceps, alone for with triceps. Other slang words include Pipes, Pythons...
Hard body:
Women who are so toned, so good looking, with excellent physique. Top of the line fitness competitors.
H.I.T.:
High Intensity Training. A method that states it is not about doing 'more' or 'less' exercise but rather an appropriate amount on exercise to stimulate optimum muscle growth.
Intensity:
It can mean that the pace you keep while you train is higher than normal, as in moving quickly and taking a shorter rest between sets. It also can mean that the weight you use during those sessions is relatively heavy for you. It can also mean that the workload within a given time period, combined with the weight and pace is increased.
Isolation:
A technique that focuses work on an individual muscle without secondary or assisting muscle groups being involved, which provides maximal muscle shape. A good example is the seated dumbbell concentration curl.
Juice:
Meaning anabolic steroids. Other slang words for steroids include gear, sauce, roids...
Lats:
A term which is abbreviated jargon for the latissimus dorsi. This Latin term translates roughly into
'lateral muscles of the back'. When viewed from the rear, and relaxed, the lats form large. Inverted cones.
Lean Body Mass:
Fat Free body tissue, comprising mostly muscle. Lean mass is the primary determinant of the body's basal metabolism (calories you burn at rest). In healthy men, body fat (bodyweight minus lean body mass) ranges from 8-12%; in women, 18-22%.
Mass:
Size - lots of it. If you train hard and eat right, you can add muscle. A growing bodybuilder's favorite word!
Muscle Confusion:
A technique to counteract the cessation of growth that occurs when muscles adapt to the training demands placed upon them. To keep the body growing and getting stronger, a bodybuilder needs to vary his/her sets, reps, rest; weight used and exercise angles during each workout.
Negatives:
The act of lowering a weight against gravity, specifically, resisting gravity by lowering the weight slowly and under control.
One Rep Max (1RM):
Your absolute strength in a given movement. Power lifting competitions are a test of 1RM strength. For many bodybuilders, especially beginners, 1RM training is harmful because of the higher risk of injury. A weight that you can just complete in 10 reps is a good approximation for most people of 75% of
their 1RM.
Peak:
As a bodybuilder prepares for a contest, he/she cuts body fat to an unusually low level to bring out maximum muscularity that can be maintained for only a short time, usually only a few days.
Plates:
The weights that you put on an Olympic dumbbell, specifically a 45 pound weight. Smaller weights are called quarters (25 pounds), dimes (10 pounds), and nickels (5 pounds).
Periodization:
Also called Cycle Training, a predetermined approach to strength and muscle building in which bodybuilders train light for several weeks, then heavier, and then really heavy, and the process is cycled. Helps avoid injury and burnout.
Progressive Overload:
Gradually adding more resistance during strength training exercises as your strength increase.
Pump:
The look and feeling a bodybuilder experiences when his/her muscles engorge with blood as the result of intense exercise.
Pyramiding:
The act of increasing your poundage while decreasing your reps on successive sets.
Ripped:
A condition of extremely low body fat with superior muscle separation and vascularity. Variations include sliced, cut, and cross-striated.
Rep:
Moving a weight through a range of motion and then back again one time, short for repetition.
Set:
A unit of exercise measurement consisting of a movement that is repeated a desired number of times.
Shredded:
To get ripped, to have extremely low body fat with superior muscle separation. Also, sliced, cut, and cross-striated.
Site Injections:
A terms involving injecting steroids right into a specific muscle groups, to help them bring up lagging body parts.
Six Pack:
An ab muscles so well developed that you can see the separate muscle under the skin where your stomach is. Other words include washboard.
Skull Crusher:
The lying French press, in which you lower a barbell from full extension above your head down to your forehead and then extend at the elbows to press it back up.
Spot:
To 'stand guard' while someone performs a set with heavy weights. A 'spotters' main duty is to prevent injury in case that someone cannot finish is reps.
Stacking:
Usually mixing one or more supplements together.
Unilateral Training:
It means working one side of the body at a time.
V-Taper:
A person with big shoulders and a small waist.
Vascular:
The visibility of veins on a bodybuilder as a result of exercise and low body fat (and perhaps higher blood volume).
Anti-Catabolic Properties:
Properties provided by certain nutrients that protect the muscle mass in the body from being broken down.
Carbohydrates:
Macronutrient used by the body as its main source of energy. Carbohydrates are divided into complex carbs and simple carbs. The complex carbs give you sustained energy ("timed release") while the simple carbs gives you immediate energy. This macronutrient can be found in rice (complex, starchy), pasta (complex, starchy), breads (complex, starchy), fruits (simple), sugars (simple), fruit juices (simple), dairy products (simple), and vegetables (complex, fibrous).
Catabolic State: Unfavorable state in the body created by a combination of too much training, lack of good nutrition and lack of rest that leads to muscle loss and fat accumulation.
Cortisol:
Catabolic hormone secreted by the adrenal glands in situations of stress (both physical and mental), lack of calories/nutrients and lack of sleep. This hormone is associated with loss of muscle mass, loss of strength, and fat accumulation. An excess of it over long periods of time may also contribute to hardening of the arteries; something that leads to heart disease.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs):
Fats that have anti-catabolic, anti-lypolitic and antioxidant properties. These fats affect the good cholesterol in a positive way. In addition, these fats aid in the muscle-building, fat-loss process. The Omega 3 Fatty Acids found in fats such as fish oils and flaxseed oil are a good source of EFAs.
Fats:
Macronutrient needed by the body in order to manufacture hormones and sustain cell metabolism. All the cells in the body have some fat in them. Hormones are manufactured from fats. Also, fats lubricate your joints. If you eliminate the fat from your diet, your hormonal production will go down and a whole array of chemical reactions will be interrupted. There are three types of fats: saturated, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated.
Androgenic Drugs -
Androgenics are drugs that simulate the effects of the male hormone testosterone in the human body. Androgens do build a degree of strength and muscle mass, but they also stimulate secondary sex characteristics such as increased body hair, a deepened voice, and high levels of aggression. Indeed, many bodybuilders and pow-erlifters take androgens to stimulate aggressiveness in the gym, resulting in more productive workouts
Cholesterol -
A type of fat that, although most widely known as a "bad fat" implicated in promoting heart disease and stroke, is a vital component in the production of many hormones in the body. There are different types of cholesterol: namely, MDL and LDL (MDL being the "good" form and LDL being the "had" form).
Metabolism -
The use of nutrients by the body. It's the process by which sub-stances come into the body and the rate at which they are used.
Lactic Acid:
Byproduct created by a lack of oxygen flow to the working muscles. Lactic acid is created by anaerobic activities such as weight training exercises. It is believed that its presence causes a surge in growth hormone levels.
Macronutrient:
One of the three major nutrients that the body needs for survival. These nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
Muscle Failure:
Point during the exercise at which it becomes impossible to perform another repetition in good form. This point is reached due to the lack of oxygen reaching the working muscles and the increased levels of lactic acid.
Overtraining:
Condition caused by an excess of volume in a training routine that leads to muscle loss, strength loss and fat accumulation. Symptoms include depression, insomnia, lethargy and lack of energy.
Protein:
Every tissue in your body is made from protein (i.e. muscle, hair, skin, nails). Proteins are the building blocks of muscle tissue. This macronutrient can be found in poultry, meats, and dairy products.
Pump -
The tight, blood-congested feeling in a muscle after it has been intensely trained. Muscle pump is caused by a rapid influx of blood into the muscles to remove fatigue toxins and replace supplies of fuel and oxygen. A good muscle pump indicates that you have optimally worked a muscle group.
Quads -
Abbreviation for quadriceps femoris muscles, muscles on top of legs, which consist of 4 parts (heads).
BCAA's (Branch Chain Amino Acids)
Leucine, Valine, and Isoleucine are called "branch chain" aminos due to their molecular structure, and are important essential amino acids well known for their anticatabolic (muscle-saving) benefits. They are called BCAA's because they structurally branch off another chain of atoms instead of forming a line. Studies have shown that BCAA's postively affect skeletal muscle growth, enhance fat loss, help to stimulate protein synthesis and inhibit its breakdown, so BCAA's have powerful anabolic and anticatabolic effects on the body. They may also potentiate the release of some anabolic hormones, such as growth hormone. Regular ingestion of BCAA's help to keep the body in a state of postive nitrogen balance. In this state, your body much more readily builds muscle and burns fat. Studies have shown that athletes taking extra BCAA's have shown a loss of more bodyfat than those not taking BCAA's.
BCAAs are used as a source of energy for muscle cells. During prolonged exercise, BCAAs are released from skeletal muscles and their carbon backbones are used as fuel, while their nitrogen portion is used to form another amino acid, Alanine. Alanine is then converted to Glucose by the liver. This form of energy production is called the Alanine-Glucose cycle, and it plays a major role in maintaining the body's blood sugar balance.
Endomorph --
A heavyset person with a predominantly round and soft physique.
Ectomorph --
A thin person with a lean physique and light musculature.
Mesomorph-
They are characterised by an athletic, strong, compact and naturally lean body.
Metabolic rate -
The rate you convert energy stores into working energy in your body. In other words, it's how Fast your "whole system" runs. The meta-bolic rate is controlled by a number of factors, including: muscle mass (the greater your muscle mass, the greater your metabolic rate), calorie intake, and exercise.
SLANG TERMS
AS - anabolic steroid
AAS - anabolic, androgenic steroid
ABOMBS- anapoloan
BA - benzyl alcohol
BB - benzyl benzoate or body building or body builder
BTW - by the way
Bf% - Body fat %
CLEN - clenbuterol ED - every day
EOD - every other day
EQ - equipoise gear - steroids
gyno - gynomastica ( ***** tits ) IMO- in my opinion
LMAO - laughing my ass off
MG - milligram ML - milliliter O/T - off topic pin - needle
Prop - Testosterone Propionate slin - insulin
Test - testosterone
Winny - Winstrol-V (Stanozolol)
