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Heart Rate: The number of times your heart beats per minute.

Target Heart Rate Zone: The number of heartbeats per minute reflecting the exercise intensity that gains the maximum training benefits from an aerobic workout. The formula for obtaining a target heart rate equals 2 . . . View Full Definition

Recovery Heart Rate: Heart rate taken at the end of the exercise. The amount of the time it takes for your heart to recover to how it was before the exercise began.

Phosphoglycerate (PGA): A three-carbon molecule formed when carbon dioxide is added to ribulose biphosphate (RuBP) during the dark reaction of photosynthesis (Calvin, or Calvin-Benson Cycle). PGA is converted to PG . . . View Full Definition

Pherecratean: A classical greek and latin metrical pattern consisting of an iamb or a trochee, a dactyl, and a trochee or a spondee.

Personal Inflation Rate: The inflation rate as it affects a specific individual.

Peripheral Heart Action (PHA): A system of training where you go from one exercise to another, with little or no rest, preferably alternating upper body and lower body exercises. Designed for cardiovascular training and t . . . View Full Definition

Photosynthetic Rate: The rate of conversion of dissolved carbon dioxide and bicarbonate ion to photosynthetic product

Phyto-Chemical Concentrates: Chemical constituents of plants part of its defense system, others than proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals used in human nutrition, enhance overall health, act as detoxifyi . . . View Full Definition

Polyunsaturated Fat: A fat in which there are two or more links in the chain of carbon atoms that can be opened to accept hydrogen atoms.