Chapter 1/4
Any form of movement that causes your body to use energy?
What is Physical Activity
The ability of your heart, lungs, and blood, vessels to send fuel and oxygen to your tissues during long periods of moderate to vigorous activity
What is cardiorespiratory endurance
Choosing the right types of activities to improve a given element of fitness
What is Specificity
Dangerously low body temperature
What is Hypothermia
Involves intense, short bursts of activity in which the muscles work so hard that they produce energy without using energy
What is anaerobic exercise
The ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserve energy to respond to unexpected demands.
What is Physical fitness
The amount of force your muscles can exert
What is Muscular strength
Exercising at a level that's beyond your regular daily activities
What is Overload
Overworking the body
What is Overextension
Low-level activity that prepares your body to return to a resting state
What is cool-down
Purposeful physical activity that is planned, structures, and repetitive, and that improves or maintains physical fitness.
What is exercise
The ability of your muscles to perform physical tasks over a period of time without tiring
What is Muscular endurance
Gradually increasing the demands on your body
What is progression
Form of physical stress on the body caused by overheating
What is Heat exhaustion
The number of times your heart beats per minute when you are not active
What is resting heart rate
Involving little physical activity
What is Sedentary
The ability to move your body parts through their full range of motion
What is Flexibility
Gentle cardiovascular activity that prepares the muscles for work
What is warm-up
A dangerous condition in which the body loses its ability to cool itself through perspiration
What is heatstroke
Results from overstretching and tearing a muscle
What is Strains
Damage to the skin and tissues caused by extreme cold
What is Frostbite
All rhythmic activities that use large muscle groups for an extended period of time
What is Aerobic exercise
The part of an exercise session when you are exercising at your highest peak
What is workout
Sudden or sometimes painful contractions of the muscles
What is Muscle Cramps
Injuries to the ligaments around a joint that produces pain, swelling, and stiffness
What is Sprains