Definitions
Involving little physical activity
Sedentary
Injuries to the ligament around the joint
Sprain
What is the difference between sprain and strain
Sprains: Injuries to the ligaments around a joint
Strains: Result from overstretching and tearing a muscle (micro-tears)
What is target heart rate (definition)
the ideal range of heart rate during aerobic activity.
Result from overstretching
Strain
Overworking the body
Overexertion
The ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserve energy to respond to unexpected demands
Muscular endurance
What are the 4 benefits of stretching?
Improving flexibility, circulation, posture, and coordination.
What is resting heart rate
The number of times your heart beats per minute when you are not active
A form of physical stress on the body caused by overheating
Heat exhaustion
Purposeful physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive, and that improves or maintains physical fitness
Exercise
The ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserve energy to respond to unexpected demands
Physical fitness
Warm up, workout, cool down
At what percentage of your maximum heart rate does it become dangerous for your body.
85%
Sudden and sometimes painful contractions of the muscles
Muscle cramps
The ability to move your body parts through their full range of motion
Flexibility
Includes all rhythmic activities that use large muscle groups for an extended period of time
Aerobic exercise
What are the 4 principals of building fitness
Specificity, overload, progression, regularity.
What percentage of maximum heart rate is the minimum heart rate.
50%
A dangerous condition in which the body loses its ability to cool itself through perspiration
Heat stroke
What is cooling down for an exercise.
low-level activity that prepares your body to return to a resting state
Involves intense, short bursts of activity in which the muscles work so hard that they produce energy without using oxygen.
Anaerobic exercise
What is the FITT acronym?
Frequency, intensity, type of activity, and time
How does one calculate maximum heart rate
Multiply your age by 0.7 and then subtract that number from 208.
The ability of your heart, lungs, and blood vessels to send fuel and oxygen to your tissues during long periods of vigorous activity
Cardiorespiratory endurance