Physical Activity
Principles of Fitness
Cardiorespiratory Endurance/Muscle Fitness
Flexibility
100

Is the most popular of all leisure time activities

Walking


100

Jake wants to improve his rock-climbing abilities so he decided to strengthen his forearms with wrist curls. Which principle does this represent?

Principle of Specificity 

100

Most accurate measure of Cardiorespiratory endurance

maximal oxygen uptake-vo2

100

The health benefits of flexibility 

Decreased risk of injury, improved posture, full range of motion through joints.

200
minimum recommended guidelines for physical activity

150 minutes of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity, each week

200

A running program designed to gradually increase mileage each week.

Principle of Progression

200

Cardiorespiratory endurance has been reffered to

cardiovascular fitness, aerobic fitness, aerobic capacity

200

Stretching methods 

Static, Ballistic, PNF

300

practicing this core exercise will improve strength and functionality of core muscles

plank

300

Benefits of physical activity vary from individual to individual based on each persons' unique characterisitcs

Principle of Individuality 

300

cardiorespiratory endurance is considered the most important aspect of physical fitness 

reduces the risk of chronic disease and improves quality of life

300

Professionals who use this component frequently

AT, PT, OT, Fitness Trainers 

400

Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type

FITT Formula 
400

If you don't use it, you lose it

Principle of reversibility 

400
Two ways to check your own heart rate

Carotid pulse, radial pulse

500

Which principle supports the need to do more than normal for benefits to occur?

Overload principle 

500

Progressive resistance exercise

principle method of improving muscle fitness 

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