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Glossary of Terms

Medical Terms / Common Terms / Slang

• AAS: Anabolic Androgenic Steroids, this is the medically accepted abbreviation for steroids.
• A-bombs: This is a slang name for Oxymetholone, which was originally sold under the trade name Anadrol.
• Aerobic: In the presents of oxygen
• Anaerobic: In the absence of oxygen
• Anabolic: Protein building
• Anabolic steroid: One of several compounds derived from testosterone or prepared synthetically to promote general body growth, to oppose the effects of endogenous estrogen, or to promote masculinization effects.
  Slang: Arnolds, Gym Candy, Pumpers, Stackers, Weight Trainers, Juice
• Androgen: Any steroid hormone that promotes male characteristics
• Aromatize: The on take of feminine or feminization
• Atrophy: Refers to a state of deterioration usually within the muscle or bodily organ due to a lack of use or health.
• Bitch Tits: slang for Gynecomastia
• Blending: Using steroids with other drug(s)
• Carbohydrates: Any group of chemical compounds, including sugars, starches, and cellulose, containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only.
• Catabolism: A complex metabolic process in which energy is liberated for use in work, energy storage, or heat production by destruction of complex substances. Basically muscle tissue is broken down when a person is in a catabolic state and the use of anabolic steroids will change this.
• Central Nervous System (CNS): The spinal cord and the brain
• Cholesterol: A fatty substance found in animals that perform many vital functions and is synthesized by the liver and the adrenal cortex.
• Clen: Clenbuterol is not an anabolic steroid. It is a prescription asthma medication that if used in high enough doses increases the metabolic rate, thus reducing body fat.
• Cycle: The time in which a certain steroid (s) is taken. If you take a steroid for 6 weeks it is a 6-week cycle. Usually the time on the cycle is followed by the same amount of time off of the cycle.
• Dart, Poke, Ned: Slang terms for syringes
• D-bol: This is a slang name for Methandrostenolone, which was originally sold under the trade name Dianabol.
• Deca: This is a slang name for Nandrolone Decanoate, which was originally sold under the trade name Deca-Durablin.
• Diuretic: A substance that increase the amount of urine which is released by the kidneys.
• Doping: Steroid use specific to athletic competition
• Energy system: One of the three metabolic systems involving a series of chemical reactions resulting in the formation of waste products and the manufacture of ATP.
• EQ: This is a slang name for a veterinary drug called Boldenone Undeclynate, originally sold under the trade name Equipoise.
• Estrogen: The female androgen.
• Glucose: Simple sugars.
• Glycogen: The form in which glucose (Sugar) is stored in the muscle and the liver.
• Freaky: A bodybuilding term used to describe a person who is huge and obviously on steroids.
• Fake or basement drugs: Refers to counterfeit or fake steroids.
• Gear: Slang for steroids, syringes, anything associated with steroids.
• Gynecomastia: An abnormal enlargement of one or both breasts in men. This condition is usually temporary due to a hormone imbalance brought on by the use of steroids, however, can occur naturally as well.
• Hormone: A discrete chemical substance secreted into the body fluids by an endocrine gland that has a specific effect on the activities of other cells, tissue and organs.
• Hypertrophy: An increase in the size of a cell or organ.
• Immune system: The system in a person’s body that wards off infection and responds to illness.
• Juice: Slang term for injectable steroids
• Lactic Acid (Lactate): A fatiguing metabolite of the lactic acid system resulting in incomplete breakdown of glucose.
• Lactic Acid System: An anaerobic energy system in which ATP is manufactured when glucose is broken down to lactic acid.
• Maturation: Progress toward adulthood
• Metabolism: The sum total of chemical changes or reactions occurring in the body.
• Lean mass: The amount of muscle on a person’s body
• Libido: A person’s sex drive
• Pyramiding: When users slowly escalate steroid use (increasing the number of drugs used at one time and/or the dose and frequency of one or more steroids) reaching a peak amount at mid-cycle and gradually tapering the dose toward the end of the cycle
• Roid Rages: Uncontrolled outbursts of anger, frustration, or combativeness that may result from using anabolic steroids.
• Shotgunning: taking steroids on an inconsistent basis.
• Stacking: using a combination of two or more anabolic steroids often in combination with other drugs
• Test: Testosterone
• Trade name: The name given to a particular substance by each company that manufactures it.
• Tren: This is a slang name for any form of the drug “Trenbolone” which is available in several forms.
• UG or UGL: Underground Labs, or clandestine laboratories that produce anabolic steroids.
• Var: This is a slang name for Oxandrolone, which was originally sold under the trade name Anavar.
• Virilization: The process in which a person takes on characteristics of a mature male
• Winny/Winnie: This is a slang name for Stanozolol, which was originally sold under the trade name Winstrol.

Training Terminology

• Strength Coach: Professional coach who’s primary responsibilities are:
  • Physical development
  • Nutritional strategies
  • Pre- and Rehabilitation in support of the medical staff
  • Planning and organizing year round training programs
  • Support of the Sports Psychologist programs
  • Conditioning techniques and strategies
• Athletic Trainer Certified (ATC): This person has been certified by the national certification body, to provide the following care for athletes:
  • Care and prevention of athletic injuries
  • Support the medical team in rehabilitation of athletic injuries
  • Educational source for athletes seek advice about health related issues
  • Coordinates the medical care for athletes and teams as assigned
  • Provides a link between the organization and the medical consultants
  • First responder to the care of an injuries athlete
  • Provides additional duties as assigned in the over-all welfare of the athlete
  • Ballistic: Dynamic muscular movements
  • Conditioning: Augmentation of the energy capacity of muscle through an exercise program. Conditioning is not primarily concerned with skill of performance, as in the case of training.
  • Detraining: The reversal of adaptation to training.
• Personal trainer: Individual that may or may not hold any certification or degree in the related field of strength and conditioning. This person is commonly found in a private gym setting. (Former players, weight lifters, want-a-be coaches)
• Macro-cycle: A phase of training of 2-6 weeks long
• Micro-cycle: It represents a phase of training approximately one week.
• Periodization: It represents a process of structuring a training in to phases
• Periodization of strength: It structures the training program into phases in order to maximize one’s capacity to meet the specifics of strength according to the needs of a sport
• HIT Program: It represents a program that is structured around a High Intensity Training program, usually taking a muscle group to failure during training.
• Plyometrics: Are drills or exercises aimed at linking sheer strength and scope of movement to produce an explosive reaction type movement?
• Plateau: Period during training when no observable progress is being made.
• Rep maximum (RM or IRM): The maximal load of a muscle group can lift in one attempt.
• Resistance training: The use of various methods and equipment to provide an external force to exercise against.
• Sets: The total number of repetitions performed before a rest period is taken.
• Specificity of training: Principles underlying construction of a training program for a specific activity or skill.
• Training frequency: The number of times per week for a training workout.
• Volume: A quantities element of training.