Exercise Wordplay
Something a teacher may say to you or an exercise that produces results in your abdomen and core.
What are sit ups?
This nutrient helps build and repair muscles and is found in foods like chicken, beans, eggs, and Greek yogurt.
What is protein?
This regional healthcare system provides medical care, wellness programs, and community health services throughout Grand Forks and the surrounding area.
What is Altru Health Systems?
This “sleep thief” can make it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep when consumed too close to bedtime.
What is caffeine?
This common fitness goal is often set at 10,000 of these per day to encourage daily movement.
What are steps?
A common name brand of diapers or an exercise that lifts your body over a bar.
What are pull ups?
This nutrient is the body's main source of energy and is found in foods like whole grains, fruits, and potatoes.
What are carbohydrates?
This Grand Forks County department provides services including vaccinations, health education, disease prevention, and community wellness programs.
What is Grand Forks Public Health?
This daytime behavior can improve nighttime sleep when done regularly but may interfere with sleep if taken too late or too long.
What is napping?
This number represents the force of blood pushing against artery walls and is typically written with two numbers, such as 120/80.
What is blood pressure?
What a short person might do to reach a book on the top shelf, or a common warm-up exercise.
What are stretches?
This mineral is important for healthy bones and teeth and is commonly found in dairy products and fortified foods.
What is calcium?
This Grand Forks organization supports older adults through programs focused on social connection, nutrition, fitness, and healthy aging. You can also play bingo there for $1.
What is the Senior Center?
This hormone, produced naturally by the body in response to darkness, helps regulate your sleep-wake cycle.
What is melatonin?
This measurement tells you how many times your heart beats in one minute and can change with exercise, stress, and rest.
What is heart rate?
Something Captain Hook might make you walk, or an isometric exercise that strengthens your core.
What is a plank?
This nutrient, found in fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains, supports digestion and helps you feel full longer.
What is fiber?
This organization provides education in K-12 schools to help kids learn healthy relationship habits and prevent domestic violence
What is CVIC (Community Violence Intervention Center?)
This stage of sleep is associated with vivid dreams and plays a role in memory and learning.
What is REM sleep? (Rapid Eye Movement)
This calculation uses height and weight to estimate whether someone is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight, or obese.
What is BMI? (Body Mass Index)
What a catcher in baseball does behind home plate, or a strength-training exercise that targets your thighs and glutes.
What are squats?
These healthy fats, found in salmon, walnuts, and flaxseed, support heart and brain health.
What are omega-3 fatty acids?
What is Northern Air Action Park?
This item can be “made” every morning, but not staying in it long enough can leave you feeling tired all day.
What is a bed?
This measurement tells you how many calories your body burns while at rest, before exercise or daily activity.
What is basal metabolic rate?