Basic Terms
This is the belief in one's own ability to perform a given task.
What is self-efficacy?
This macronutrient provides the body with the most energy per gram.
What is fat?
This is the best indicator of cardiorespiratory endurance.
What is VO2max?
This is the type of contraction occurs when the muscle slowly elongates.
What is eccentric?
A person with an extreme excess amount of body fat is classified as this.
What is obese?
This includes muscular strength and muscular endurance.
What is muscular fitness?
This macronutrient primarily provide the body with energy to the cell.
What are carbohydrates?
This is what happens to a persons resting heart rate as cardiorespiratory endurance increases.
What is decreases?
This is improved by performing exercises with higher reps and lower weights.
What is muscular endurance?
This has the the greatest impact on health and longevity.
What is lifestyle behaviors?
This is the ability for the heart and lungs to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity.
What is cardiorespiratory endurance?
This is the acronym (and each letters meaning) used to set goals.
What is SMART?
The range of motion at a joint or group of joints that can be achieved without causing injury.
What is flexibility?
This involves contracting muscle groups in sequences, while avoiding pain or strain.
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
This would be considered a normal blood pressure.
What is <120/<80?
The high-energy chemical compound that the body uses for immediate energy
What is Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)?
These are the three regulatory nutrients for the body.
What are vitamins, minerals, and water?
This is the increase in the size and mass of a muscle.
What is muscular hypertrophy?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine activates this response in the brain.
What is fight or flight?
These are the "big five" factors that are responsible for more than half the deaths in the United States each year.
What is tobacco smoking, high blood pressure, overweight and obesity, physical activity, and high blood glucose?
These are five of the seven dimensions of wellness.
What is:
These are the stages of the Transtheoretical Model of Change.
What is
These are the components of VO2.
What is heart rate, stroke volume, and arterial-venous oxygen difference?
This happens if a stressor subsides during the alarm reaction.
What is homeostasis is restored?
These are compounds found in large quantities in fruits and vegetables and are thought to prevent and fight cancer.
What are phytonutrients?