Chronic Disease
Exercise and Chronic Disease
Components of Fitness
Physical Activity, Overweight and Obesity
CRE, Muscular Fitness
100

A condition/disease that lasts for one year or more.

What is chronic?

100

ACSM recommends this amount of physical activity to reduce your risk of chronic disease.

What is 150 min/week. 

100

The component of fitness that improves range of motion around a joint. 

What is flexibility?

100

Planned, structured and repetitive movement. 

What is exercise?

100

The minimum number of days per week ACSM recommends to perform strength training. 

What is two?

200

This risk factor for heart disease also is responsible for 480,000 deaths per year including lung cancer and COPD.

What is Smoking?

200

A normal blood pressure reading.

What is <120/<80 mmHg.

200

The skill related fitness component that includes deceleration and acceleration drills.

What is speed?

200

Body weight in kg/height in (meters)2

What is BMI or Body Mass Index?

200

The number of hours you should rest between vigorous exercise bouts.

What is 48?

300

This chronic disease is the #1 killer of both men and women in the U.S.

What is cardiovascular disease?

300

A BMI > ore equal to 30.

What is obesity?

300

The fitness component that is important for maintaining bone mass and muscle mass.

What is muscular strength and endurance?

300

This syndrome includes three risk factors or conditions such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes.

What is Metabolic Syndrome?

300
The type of training using low weight and high repetitions (10-15). 

What is muscular endurance training?

400

The type of cholesterol that is considered "good" and should be >40 mg/dL in men.

What is the HDL?

400

The type of heart disease caused by an irregular or erratic heart rhythm. 

What is an arrhythmia?

400

The absence of disease or impairment.

What is health?

400

A normal waist circumference for a female.

What is <35 inches?

400

220-age

What is age predicted maximum heart rate?

500

90% of people with Diabetes have this type. 

What is Type II diabetes?

500

This is considered the largest percentage of your total daily energy expenditure.

What is the Basal Metabolic Rate?

500

This skill related component is the ability of the body to maintain it's center of gravity over it's base of support.

What is balance?

500

The number of minutes ACSM recommends for vigorous activity per week in lieu of moderate.

What is 75 minutes?

500

A moderate intensity heart rate zone.

What is 50-70%?