Do you know your fitness terms and acronyms?


When it comes to strength training, using your bodyweight to perform the exercise is adequate for beginners. — Photos: 123rf.com

Gym-goers and some personal trainers like to throw jargon and acronyms around, even if they may not fully understand what the terms mean.

A few months ago, I met a college-going chap who had just started lifting weights and I queried him on his workout regime.

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