APC - American Physique Committee, Inc. Group that administers men's amateur bodybuilding in America.

Bench - A wide variety of exercise benches are available for use in doing barbell and dumbbell exercises either lying or seated. The most common type of bench, a flat exercise bench, can be used for chest, shoulder, and arm movements. Incline and decline benches (which are set at various angles, normally between 30 to 45 degrees) also allow movements for the chest, shoulders, and arms. Adjustable benches are available for home gym use. They can be adjusted to flat, incline or decline angles.

Burn - A beneficial burning sensation in a muscle that you are training. This burn is caused by a rapid buildup of fatigue toxins in the muscle and is a good indication that you are optimally working a muscle group. The best bodybuilders consistently forge past the pain barrier erected by muscle burn and consequently build very mas-sive, highly defined muscles.

Fast, Ernst - Swedish runner that took 3rd in the 40.26K long 1900 Olympic marathon.

HDL - This stands for "high-density lipoprotein." It's one of the subcate-gories of cholesterol--typically thought of as the "good" cholesterol. You may be able to raise your HDL cholesterol levels by ingesting qual-ity unsaturated fats like flaxseed oil. Exercise has ~so been shown to increase HDL levels.

Jensen, Kai (1897-?) - Won the Danish Nationals on the 400m in 1923, 1924 and 1926. He also won nationals on the 800m in 1924, and that year he ran on both distances at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Minerals - one of many inorganic substances essential to life and classified generally as minerals

Siefert, Harry (1910-1965) - Danish runner, Siefert won his first national title in 1932 on 10000m. Totally he won 9 national titles. His most famous run is his 20K run on Osterbro Stadium September 14th, 1936. In this race he set a new national record on 15K, 10 miles, 1 hour and 20K. He also set 3 national records on the 5000m. He competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the 5000m, where he took 10th in 14.48,4.

Static Contractions - A muscle contraction is static when the length of the muscle does not shorten during contraction. All muscle fibers enervated by a single motor nerve fiber from the spinal cord are called motor units, each of which may supply up to 150 or more muscle fibers. The strength of contraction increases in proportion to the number of motor units fired. Although a whole muscle cannot fully contract at once, a single fiber of it contracts fully, never partially, when stimulated by a motor nerve fiber. As the number of contracting motor units increases, the force of contraction increases proportionally. This also occurs when a muscle is tensed without movement. High intensity training over a prolonged period of time improves the ability of a neuro muscular system to recruit a greater number of motor units (volley firing), and thus creates a greater number of muscle fibers to contract.

Straps - Straps are fastened around your wrists and then twisted around a bar to strengthen your grip in exercises where grip is your weakest link. Hand strength will not develop as quickly if you use straps, but this may be worth the value of being able to lift heavier weights which will result in a better developed back. Weighing the opportunity cost of straps is largely personal preference, and you can achieve great results with or without including them in your regiment of bodybuilding aids.

Trisets - A series of three exercises performed with not rest between movements and a normal rest interval between trisets. Trisets increase training intensity by reducing the average length of rest interval between sets. As such, trisets are markedly more intense than supersets.

Wilson, Harry - Coached Steve Ovett.