Nutrition & Nutrients
This primary macronutrient serves as the body’s main source of energy for daily activities and exercise.
What are carbohydrates?
This term describes physical movement that is planned, structured, and repetitive, designed specifically to maintain or improve physical fitness.
What is exercise?
The component of health-related fitness that measures the full range of motion available around a joint.
What is flexibility?
The skill-related fitness component essential for maintaining control on a skateboard or balance beam.
What is balance?
In the FITT principle, the letter F specifies this variable (how often you perform workouts).
What is Frequency?
A chronic deficiency in this mineral during teenage years increases the risk of developing osteoporosis later in life.
What is calcium?
Playing with a pet or doing a 10-minute stretch routine during a study session at home is an example of this healthy habit.
What is an activity break?
Running a marathon or swimming continuous laps for 45 minutes tests this cardiovascular and respiratory capacity.
What is cardiorespiratory endurance?
The ability to rapidly change direction with speed and control when weaving past defenders in basketball or soccer.
What is agility?
Performing stretching exercises specifically to increase flexibility demonstrates this fundamental training principle.
What is Specificity?
Both avocados and walnuts are rich dietary sources of this healthy nutrient category.
What are unsaturated fats?
Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure, such as raking leaves or walking to the store.
What is physical activity?
Performing 30 consecutive push-ups or sit-ups without stopping evaluates this specific muscle capability.
What is muscular endurance?
Being the first swimmer off the starting block at a meet relies heavily on this split-second skill component.
What is reaction time?
Gradually increasing workout weight, duration, or intensity over time to continue making fitness gains applies this principle.
What is Progression (or Overload)?
A lack of this essential mineral leads to reduced oxygen transport in the blood, resulting in anemia and severe fatigue.
What is iron?
The minimum amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity recommended daily for high school teenagers.
What is 60 minutes (1 hour)?
The maximal force a muscle or muscle group can exert in a single maximum effort, such as a 1-repetition heavy lift.
What is muscular strength?
Tracking a fly ball visually and positioning your glove to make the catch demonstrates this sensorimotor skill.
What is hand-eye coordination?
Light exercise performed after intense exertion to gradually lower heart rate and prevent blood pooling in the extremities.
What is a cool-down?
Dark chocolate, dark leafy greens, pumpkin seeds, and legumes are high-iron choices for boosting this blood mineral level.
What is iron?
Participating in this type of athletic activity fosters teamwork, group sportsmanship, communication, and time management.
What are team sports?
The relative percentage of lean body mass (muscles, bones, fluids, organ tissue) compared to fat mass in the body.
What is body composition?
Dunking a basketball or exploding into a standing broad jump combines strength and speed into this fitness component.
What is power?
his 5-letter framework ensures fitness targets are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
What are SMART goals?