FITT BASICS
What does "F" ITT stand for?
Frequency
Intensity describes how ______ you exercise.
Hard
Time or duration refers to what?
What is the length of each exercise session?
What principle means gradually increasing the demand through small changes?
What is progression
How much sleep is generally recommended for teenagers each night?
8-10 hours
What does F "I" TT stand for?
Intensity
What is one good way to monitor exercise intensity?
What is monitoring your heart rate?
If exercise becomes more intense, should the recommended duration generally become longer or shorter?
What principle means putting your body under additional stress so it can adapt and improve?
What is Overload
What organ pumps blood throughout your body?
What is the Heart
What does the first "T" in FITT stand for?
Time
A student exercises 4 days a week but wants to make their workouts harder. Which part of FITT should they change?
What is Intensity
Which FITT factor describes the kind of exercise you do?
What is type
runner starts at ½ mile but can now run the entire distance without stopping. What could she do to increase overload?
Increase the difficulty, such as increasing the distance, time, intensity, or frequency.
What nutrient is the body's main source of energy?
Answer: Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates
What does the second "T" in FITT stand for?
Type
how many minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity should children and adolescents ages 6–17 get each day?
60 minutes
Name one way you can improve cardiovascular fitness.
Walking, running, swimming, biking, stair climbing, aerobics, or rowing.
What is one purpose of a cool-down?
What is helping with recovery and circulating blood back to the heart?
Which nutrient helps your body build and repair muscles?
Protein
Frequency refers to what?
What is the number of days you participate in exercise each week?
You count your heartbeat for 15 seconds and get 25 beats. what do you multiply by to estimate beats per minute?
What is 4
A student wants to improve their muscular endurance. Which type of training would be more helpful: lifting a very heavy weight for a few repetitions or doing an exercise for more repetitions?
What is more repetitions to improve muscular endurance?
What training principle means your training should be specific to you, your sport, and the fitness skills most important to that sport?
Specificity
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206