Cardiorespiratory Fitness Flashcards
Refers to the ability of the circulatory and
respiratory systems to supply oxygen to
skeletal muscles during sustained physical
activity
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
There are many benefits of _______. It can reduce the risk of heart disease, lung cancer, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and other diseases. _______ helps improve lung and heart condition, and increases feelings of wellbeing
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Additionally, there is mounting evidence that _____ is potentially a stronger predictor of mortality than other established risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes.
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Is the level at which your heart, lungs, and muscles work together. When you’re exercising for an extended period of time. This shows how efficiently your cardiorespiratory system functions, and indicator of how physically fit and healthy you are.
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
______ are a type of polymetric, or jump training, exercise. These are powerful aerobic exercises that work your cardiovascular system and boost your muscle strength and endurance using only your own body weight as resistance.
Butt Kick
This explosive move works both your
hamstring muscles and your glutes, and it can
also be used as a dynamic stretch for your quads.
Butt Kick
______ is a cardio-intensive exercise performed at a fast pace. It engages your core, strengthens all the muscles in your legs, gets your heart rate up, and improves momentum, coordination, and flexibility. Because of the many physical benefits, ______ are incorporated into a wide variety of workouts.
High Knee Jog
_____ is a calisthenics, total body, and cardiovascular exercise that primarily targets the quads and to a lesser degree also targets the chest, hamstrings, hip flexors, middle back, shoulders, calves, glutes and groin
Seal Jacks
______ is a lateral motion that warms up your glutes, hip flexors, quads, calves, and hamstrings. Done quickly, the _____ exercise increases agility, coordination and provides a good cardio workout. It is best to do _____ before a heavier cardio or weights workout. It can also be incorporated into a fat-burning workout. If you really want to burn fat and work your core, perform ______ over a longer distance. This will force you to perform the exercise longer, and hold your core tight.
Shuffle
_____ is a calisthenics, cardiovascular, and plyometrics exercise that primarily targets the quads and to a lesser degree also targets the calves, glutes and hamstrings
Split squat jump
______ is a calisthenics and plyometrics exercise that primarily targets the quads and to a lesser degree also targets the hamstrings, outer thighs, quads, and glutes
Squat Drops
Is a bodyweight mobility exercise that uses strength in the shoulders, quads and
abdominal muscles. It appears very similar
to a baby crawl but requires you to bear the weight on your hands and toes rather than your knees. A ____ is an excellent
exercise in core control and focused breathing
BEAR CRAWL
give at least 3 bear crawl benefits
can rehabilitate strengthen your shoulder joints develop the core muscles improve cardiovascular fitness improve cardiovascular conditioning build your core strength burn calories
is a bodyweight exercise that serve as a great full-body workout. Also engages multiple muscle groups at once helping to improve your balance, agility, coordination, strength, flexibility, and blood circulation. _____ can also improve your reflex speed, joint movement and overall stability.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
a variation on the static lunge exercise instead of standing back upright after performing a lunge on one leg, as you would in a static bodyweight lunge, you “walk” forward by lunging out with the other leg.
WALKING LUNGES
