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Lactic acid
(aching muscles)
Glossary
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Aerobic zone
Bio-Feedback
Acoustic and/or optical feedback on the metabolism and condition of the body.
Energy balance
The balance between energy intake and energy usage. There can only be a balance if intake
and output are the same. For example, in Germany every person consumes on average 400 - 500 Kcal
more than he or she can use.
Joule (abbrev.: J ) 1 KJoule = 1000 Joules
Energy measurement unit, named after the british physicist James Prescott Joule. (see calorie)
Calorie (abbrev.: cal)
Energy measurement unit. Officially obsolete, but still in common use. It refers to thermal energy in
particular. The conversion factor to the unit in use today (J): 1 cal = 4.1868 J, or the other way
around 1 J = 0.2388 cal
LED
Light Emitting Diode: when current is passed through a LED it emits light, either visible or invisible.
It is used for indicator lamps or remote controls.
Aching muscles
Painful phenomenon of the muscles tissues, occurring when the aerobic zone is exceeded leading to an
overproduction of lactic acid. In order to avoid it, the
ergo_bike
compares measured data, input parameters
and statistical values and displays the resulting aerobic zone status.
Physiology
The science of life processes
RPM
Revolutions per Minute.
Self test
When switched on, the ergo_bike computer checks the electronic circuits it uses to make sure
every thing functions properly.
The training phase during which the load on the muscles is enough to keep them supplied with oxygen,
but not enough to cause an overproduction of lactic acid (aching muscles). Aerobics also makes use of
the aerobic zone.
Watt (abbrev.: W)
Unit of measure of the work done per unit time:
1 W = 1 J / s = 1 Nm / s = 1 VA
WHO
World Health Organization
Eddy current brake
Uses the fact that electric currents induced in a conductor by a fluctuating magnetic field produce joule-type
energy which can be used for an electronically controlled brake.
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