2.6.2. Physical Fitness Flashcards
What is the most powerful intervention a physician can prescribe?
Exercise
Why is exercise such a good intervention?
The health benefits are immeasurable
- decreased all-cause mortality - decreased risk of stroke - decreased risk of CHD - decreased risk of DM - decreased risk of some cancers
What is the definition of physical activity?
Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure above resting levels.
Physical activity broadly encompasses exercise, sports, and physical fitness activities done as part of daily living, occupation, leisure, and active transportation.
What is the definition of exercise?
Physical activity that is planned, structured and repetitive and has a final or intermediate objective for the improvement or maintenance of physical fitness.
+Conditioning is regular exercise conducted over an extended period of time.
What is the definition of physical fitness?
The ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue and with ample energy to enjoy pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergencies.
Physical fitness is operationalized as measurable health and skill related attributes that include cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, body composition and flexibility, balance, agility, reaction time and power.
What is health?
“state of complete physical, mental and social well-being; free of disease & pain”
Characterize exercising to achieve Health or Fitness
- Non-specific outcome
- Overall health/wellness, quality of life - Targets limited parameters
- Cardiovascular (CV) endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility - Non-periodized
- Relatively consistent pattern of intensity, duration and frequency - Emotionally balanced
- Life stress coping, self-esteem, positive outlook
Characterize exercise for performance
- Well-defined outcome
- Ability to perform specific task(s) under specific conditions - Targets full spectrum parameters
- CV endurance, muscular strength and endurance, power, speed, agility, flexibility - Periodized
- Cycles training objectives by manipulating intensity, duration and/or frequency - Mission mindset
- Arousal regulation, pain tolerance, harness high-stakes stress, self-preservation/mission completion balance
What are the five components of human performance?
Socioemotional
Cognitive
Physical
Resilience
Optimization of performance
Describe the socioemotional component of human performance
-Socioemotional: interpersonal features of performance such as aggression, commitment, morale, anxiety and motivation
Describe the cognitive component of human performance
-Cognitive: attributes like mental acuity, intelligence, memory and resilience
Describe the physical component of human performance
-Physical: attributes like strength, agility, endurance, environmental hardiness, muscoskeletal resilience and health
Describe the resilience component of human performance
Resilience: the resources to withstand, recover and/or grow in the face of stressors and changing demands
Describe the optimization component of human performance
Optimizing human performance: the process of applying knowledge, skills and emerging technologies to improve and preserve the capabilities of DoD personnel to execute essential tasks.
What molecule is responsible for providing the energy for muscle contraction?
ATP
What is metabolic fitness?
Metabolic fitness is the ability to provide continuous energy (ATP) to the muscles during activity
What is your Maximal Aerobic Power (VO2)?
+Also known as oxygen consumption, oxygen uptake, and cardiorespiratory fitness.
+Greatest amount of O2 a person can use during physical exercise.
+Ability to take in, transport and deliver O2 to skeletal muscle for use by tissue
+Expressed as liters (L)/min or ml/kg/min
What is the standard Metabolic Equivalent (MET)?
+An index of energy expenditure.
+One MET is the amount of energy expended sitting quietly at rest adjusted to body weight (1 MET = 3.5ml oxygen consumed/kg of body weight/minute). Also equal to 1 kcal/kg/hour.
What units do we use to express physical activity?
+Physical activity intensity is often expressed in MET units
How many METs do we use if we are functiong at 6 times the resting expenditure?
6 METs
+Walking at a 14 minute per mile pace is expressed as an intensity of 6 METs (21 ml/kg/min) or 6 times resting energy expenditure
What is the Borg scale and what do we use it for?
It is a rating for perceived exertion.
Used to rate exercise
What is the Respiratory Exchange Rate?
Ratio of VCO2 to VO2 = RER
What do we use the Respiratory Exchange Rate (RER) for?
Used to calculate:
+What fuel (carbohydrate or fat) is being metabolized to supply the body with energy
+RER of 0.7 indicates primarily fatty acid oxidation
+RER of 1.0 indicates exclusive use of carbohydrate
+RER at rest is about 0.8 at rest
An RER of 1 is equivalent to how many kcal/L O2?
RER of 1.00 is equivalent to 5.05 kcal/L O2