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Movement

Everyday activity and training vocabulary, from the steps you never count to the way muscles adapt to work.

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  • Active recoverynoun phraseLight, low-intensity movement done after hard exercise or on rest days, such as easy walking, gentle cycling, swimming or mobility work, instead of doing nothing at all.
  • MobilitynounThe ability to move a joint actively and with control through its available range of motion. Related to flexibility, but it also involves strength and coordination.
  • NEATnoun, acronymShort for non-exercise activity thermogenesis: the energy the body uses for all movement that is not sleeping, eating or deliberate exercise, from walking to the shop to fidgeting.
  • Resistance trainingnoun phraseExercise in which muscles work against a resistance, such as body weight, free weights, machines or elastic bands. Adults are generally advised to include it at least twice a week.