Exercise: Hard work. Produces an overload on the musculoskeletal system or a respiratory training effect on the cardiovascular system. Goal oriented resulting in physiological adaptations.

 

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Exercise: Activity done for the purpose of keeping fit and healthy, or sociable in a group form like football.

Isotonic Exercise: Muscular action in which there is a change in length of muscle and weight, keeping tension constant. Lifting free weights is a classic isotonic exercise.

Automatic Exercise: If you hold a call option, automatic exercise may occur if the contract is in-the-money by a certain amount. In this case, an in-the-money contract is one where the strike price — the price . . . View Full Definition

Nominal Exercise Price: The exercise price of a GNMA option contract, which equals the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the adjusted exercise price.

Weight-Bearing Exercise: A type of exercise in which your skeleton is supporting any sort of weight, as it does when you walk, run, or lift weights.

Small Muscle Group Exercise: Single joint movement and isolation exercises (i.e. Bicep curls, tricep pressdowns and leg extensions).

Exercise Notice: Cap on the number of option contracts of any one class of contract. that can be exercised within a five-day period contract. Stock option's exercise limit is typically 2000 contracts.

Exercise Ball: A large plastic ball that is an excellent tool for doing challenging exercises (with or without weights) that require varying forms of strength and control.

Isolation Exercise: Weight lifting exercise that stimulate just a single muscle group. Good for defining a muscle.

Anaerobic Exercise: Activities in which oxygen demands of muscles are so high that they rely upon an internal metabolic process for oxygen, resulting in lactic acid build up. Short bursts of 'all-out' activitie . . . View Full Definition