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Any form of movement that causes your body to use energy
What is physical activity?
Intense short bursts of activity in which the muscles work so hard that they produce energy without using oxygen
What is anaerobic exercise?
These activities raise your heart rate. Aim for 3 20 minute sessions a week
What are aerobic activities?
Damage to the skin and tissues caused by extreme cold.
What is frostbite?
Low level activity that prepares your body to return to a resting state
What is a cool down?
The ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserved energy to respond to unexpected demands
What is physical fitness?
The ratio of fat to lean tissue in your body
What is body composition?
Choosing the right types of activities to improve a given element of fitness
What is specificity?
A form of physical stress on the body caused by overheating
What is heat exhaustion?
A dangerous condition in which the body loses its ability to cool itself through perspiration.
What is heatstroke?
Purposeful physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive in that it improves or maintains physical fitness
What is exercise?
This is needed for activities that put stress on your muscles
Ex: lifting, pushing, and jumping
What is muscular strength?
These count toward your daily dose of activity. Examples including walking, climbing up stairs, household chores, and yard work
What are moderate intensity physical activities?
Overworking the body.
What is overexertion?
The ability to move your body parts through their full range of motion
What is flexibility?
Involving little physical activity
What is sedentary?
Exercises that use muscle tension to improve strength with little no movement of the body part
What is isometric exercise?
Gradually increases the demands on your body
What is progression?
A dangerous condition in which the body loses its ability to cool itself through perspiration
What is heatstroke?
Injuries to the ligaments around a joint
What are sprains?
A condition caused by the breakdown of cartilage and bone in the body’s joints
What is osteoarthritis?
Combines exercise that combines movement of the joints with contractions of the muscles
What is isotonic exercise?
The number of times your heart beats per minute when you are not active
What is resting heart rate?
Sudden and sometimes painful contractions of the muscles
What are muscle cramps?
protection, rest, ice, compression, elevation
What is price?