No pain, no gain, no idea what half these terms mean.
A muscle contraction where the muscle lengthens while under tension, like lowering a weight. The phase responsible for approximately 90% of your next-day soreness.
The measure of how long you can keep doing something awful before your body stages a mutiny. In fitness, it's your ability to sustain prolonged physical activity; in life, it's how many Zoom meetings you can survive in one day.
The gym sin of attempting to lift weights far beyond your actual capability, prioritizing impressive numbers over proper form, safety, or sustainable progression. These lifters sacrifice technique and long-term gains on the altar of looking strong right now, often resulting in injury or that distinctive half-rep flailing. It's the fitness equivalent of buying a sports car you can't actually drive.
Training the lowering phase of a movement with more weight than you can actually lift, typically with assistance on the concentric portion. It's like giving your muscles trust falls with progressively heavier partners.
Every Minute On the Minute—complete a set amount of work at the start of each minute, resting whatever time remains. A workout format where the clock is both timer and tormentor.
The lowering phase of an exercise where muscle lengthens under load. Where the real muscle damage happens, and why negatives are underrated.
The process of removing something from the equation—whether it's a contestant from a competition, waste from the body, or a losing option from consideration. It's the business equivalent of 'you're fired.'
In skating and skiing, the sharp metal or beveled sides of your equipment that you dig into ice or snow for control, turning, and preventing embarrassing wipeouts. Mastering edge control separates graceful athletes from people who spend more time horizontal than vertical. Sharp edges mean precise turns; dull edges mean you're basically riding on soap and hoping for the best.
In sports, to win by a painfully small margin—like scoring one point more than your opponent and pretending you dominated.
Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption—the elevated metabolic rate after exercise, popularly called 'afterburn.' It's smaller than most people think (5-15% of workout calories).
Rapid, powerful movement (like a box jump or medicine ball throw) that develops power and rate of force development. It's the opposite of 'slow and controlled,' and way more fun.
The lowering portion of an exercise where the muscle lengthens under tension (e.g., lowering in a squat or bench press). It's where the most muscle damage occurs, hence most hypertrophy.