Cardiovascular
How can you measure your pulse?
Two fingers under the chin pressing against the artery wall
What is atrophy?
wasting away or decrease in size of a body part, particularly muscles
Flexibility Definition
The ability to move body joints through a full range of motion.
To increase flexibility, you must overload the muscle by:
Stretching farther than normal
Anerobic is...
Without Oxygen
List 2 reasons muscular fitness is important based on the slides
-Body appearance
-Posture
-Physical activity
Meaty tissue surrounding bones is the definition of what?
Muscle
How often should muscle and connective tissue be stretched
3 times per week
Why is cardiovascular fitness important (must have 2 answers)
-Increases Energy Level
-Improves Self Esteem
- Ability to provide oxygen continuously to working muscles over an extended time
Is running a marathon using slow or fast twitch muscles?
Slow-Twitch
bouncing, jerky movement using body’s momentum. Is this the definition for Ballistic stretching or Isostatic stretching.
Ballistic
Do you do more repetitions when strength training or endurance training?
Endurance Training
What are the 4 main components of the heart (you need 2 correct)
-Left Ventricle
-Capillaries
-Veins
-Right ventricle
Eccentric Contraction is...
Muscle lengthens called negative work
What does F.I.T stand for
-Frequency
-Intensity
-Time
Draw a picture showing where the achilles tendon is.
Free Response
List all 4 Cardiovascular Diseases
- Thrombosis
- Atherosclerosis
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
list the 3 methods of developing muscular fitness...
-isometric exercises
-isotonic exercises
-isokinetic exercises
What are the 4 joints we talked about in class?
-Pivot
-Gliding
-Hinge
-Ball and socket
What exercises do we do for fitness testing that measure flexibility, cardiovascular, and muscular
Cardiovascular- 8 minute run
Flexibility- sit and reach
Muscular- all of them