Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• due to: Because of; owing to
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at least: As a minimum
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• break up
• every kind of: Each and all types of something; all varieties of.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• material: Cloth; fabric
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• slightly: Only a little
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• strength: Condition of being strong
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• permanently: For a long time; always
• flexible: Bending easily
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• elastic: Able to return to original shape after stretching
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• static: Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
• subtract: To take away a value or amount from another
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• mobility: Ability to move
• comprise: To be made up of (different parts)
• elevate: To make something higher
• retract: To take back something said or given
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• fibrous: Containing, having or resembling threads
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• hamstring: Great tendon behind the leg and below the buttocks