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The development or maintenance of cardiovascular fitness by alternating between, or concurrently training in, two or more modalities. A cost-containment measure whereby instruction and experience are provided to enable health care workers to perform procedures and provide services previously limited to other members of the health team. Cross training involves participating in two or more…

The cyclic events necessary for the generation of force or tension within the myosin heads during muscle contraction.  

The most accurate tests for any given variable; the measurement standard against which other tests are judged.  

Linked chemical processes in which a change in one substance is accompanied by a change in another. Two reactions that have a common intermediate which transfers electrons or reducing equivalents or some other element from one set of reactants to another.  

Initiation of tension-producing process of the contractile elements within muscles. The shortening of a muscle. The act of making something smaller or of becoming smaller. A tightening movement which makes a muscle shorter, which makes the pupil of the eye smaller or which makes the skin wrinkle. A movement of the muscles of the uterus…

A combination of high levels of resistance and aerobic endurance training done as part of the same program, often performed on the same day.  

Responses directly related to the heart.  

Adaptations that occur in the heart that increase the ability to deliver oxygen.  

The changes in observed cardiovascular variables that occur during prolonged, heavy submaximal exercise without a change in workload.  

The amount or volume of carbon dioxide generated during metabolism.   ­