Month: June 2020

  • Lever

    Rigid bars that turn about an axis. The axis or fulcrum can be visualized as a pivot point. In the body the bones represent the rigid bars and the joints are the axis (fulcrum). A rigid bar used to modify direction, force, and motion. A type of simple ma chine that provides the user with…

  • Level III

    Flexing at the hips and knees to lower the body to a position in which the shoulders are at the water’s surface while keeping the feet elevated from the pool bottom for several repetitions.  

  • Level II

    Flexing at the hips and knees to lower the body to a position in which the shoulders are at the water’s surface. The feet will still contact the pool bottom but without the rebounding or jumping forces.  

  • Level I

    Standing in an upright position and rebounding, or pushing off, from the pool bottom.  

  • Left ventricle

    A sending chamber of the heart that pumps the oxygenated blood out of the heart. The ventricle situated on the left side of the heart. The left lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it out to the body through the aorta. The cavity of the heart that…

  • Left atrium

    A receiving chamber of the heart where the oxygenated blood arrives from the alveoli in the lungs. The atrium situated on the left side of the heart. The left upper chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins. This refers to the top-left chamber within the heart. During every heartbeat, the…

  • Lean body mass

    Lean body mass

    The amount of lean tissue in the body comprised of bones, muscle, and organs. A measure of body composition. Fat-free body weight. That fraction of the body exclusive of stored fat. This fraction is considered to be the active metabolic fraction. Lean body mass is the portion of the body that is not associated with…

  • Layer technique

    A pattern in choreography that can be repeated; the pattern first can be taught via pure repetition, add-on, or pyramid choreography.  

  • Law of cause and effect

    Promotes the premise that internal thoughts are the cause of every effect or result.  

  • Law of attraction

    Promotes that other people are drawn to your most dominant thoughts.