Descriptionary

pick and roll moving off a pick and running toward the basket for a pass, a method of eluding a defender.

pivot pivoting on one foot to avoid a traveling vio­lation.

point guard a guard who directs the offense.

post the pivot position: the high post is near the foul line; the low post is near the basket.

power forward a forward particularly adept at rebounding and defense.

pullup driving toward the basket, stopping sud­denly, and taking a jump shot.

pump fake faking a shot to the basket (double- pump fake: pumping the arms twice in faking a shot).

rebound getting possession of the ball off the back­board.

reverse dunk dunking the ball from a backwards position.

run and gun a quick-moving, quick-shooting game strategy.

scoop shot an underhand shot taken while running close to the basket.

screen when a player with the ball "hides" behind a teammate and takes an uncontested shot.

shot clock the clock that displays the time left for the offensive team to take a shot, 24 seconds with each new possession.

sixth man the first substitute player off the bench. slam dunk see dunk.

stutter step a swiftly switching foot movement used to fake an opponent.

swish a perfect shot that enters the net without touching the rim.

team foul a foul charged to a team's allowance (four per period in the NBA).

10-second rule the offensive team must bring the ball up over the midcourt line within 10 seconds or lose possession.

3-second violation when an offensive player stays within the free-throw lane for more than three con­secutive seconds.

trap to double-team a player with the ball in an attempt to make a steal.

traveling taking more than two steps without drib­bling the ball. Also known as a walking.

24-second rule requires a team to shoot within 24 seconds after gaining possession of the ball.

walking see traveling.

zone defense defenders guarding an area or zone instead of man-to-man.

bodybuilding

abs short for the abdominal muscles.

anabolic steroids a controversial synthetic hormonal compound known to help increase muscle mass.

barbell a lifting component composed of a long handle and weighted disks on either end, for two- handed exercises.

bench press a lift of a barbell or weighted pulley mechanism up over the chest while lying on one's back on a bench.

blast to repeatedly work a muscle to failure and beyond. Also, to fry, thrash, or torch.

bulking intentionally gaining fat and muscle mass to increase body size.

burn the painful sensation produced by a muscle as it is subjected to a build-up of lactic acid from an extreme or prolonged work load.

cheat to use momentum or incorrect technique to facilitate lifting of a heavy weight.

circuit training moving quickly from one exercise to another, with little rest, in order to increase inten­sity and gain an aerobic benefit.

creatine a natural acid that provides energy to the muscles during contraction, used as a supplement by some bodybuilders.

crunch a situp.

cut see definition.

deadlift a straight lift of a barbell off the floor, an extremely effective, all-around muscle-building exercise.

definition sharply defined muscle mass with an apparent absence of body fat. Bodybuilders often refer to someone with sharp muscle definition as being ripped, shredded, sliced, or cut.

dumbbell a lifting component composed of a small handle with weighted disks on either side, used for one-handed exercises.

flat of a physique, inadequately trained. See full.

fly an exercise usually performed with dumbbells while lying on one's back on a bench. The dumbbells are lifted simultaneously in an arc until positioned over the chest.

flush the flooding of blood into muscle tissue, occur­ring naturally from heavy lifting.

freak popular slang term for someone who appears inhumanly muscular, with massive, billowing muscle tissue.

free weights any weights, such as a barbell or dumbbell, that can be used on their own, and are not part of an exercise machine.

full of a physique, fully billowing with eye-popping muscular definition. The opposite of flat.

glutes short for the gluteus maximus, the muscles of the buttocks.

guns slang for the biceps or the biceps and triceps together.

hardbody any well-toned physique.

isolation concentrating the use of a single muscle to make a lift or press.

isometric exercise a form of exercise pitting one set of muscles against another.

juice slang for anabolic steroids.

lats short for the latissimus dorsi muscles of the back.

military press a seated lift of weights from chest level to an overhead position.

pecs short for pectoral muscles.