Chapter 1 - Health Fitness And Exercise & Chapter 5 - Bones And Joints Flashcards
What is health?
Health is a state of complete physical, metal and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease
What are some of the parts of the body that help us with physical activity?
Heart, lungs and other body systems
Sport also helps mentally, how?
It helps in diffucult situations, teaches us how to control our emotions and teaches us how to cope with stress
Sport also gives us a chance to feel our emotions, what are some of the ways?
Success, skilfulness, importance of being worth something and self-esteem
What is fitness?
Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of the environment around us
What are some examples of our environment?
Home, school, friends, family, weather, location, air quality
Is it possible to be fit but not healthy?
Yes, it is possible because you’ll be able to do the everyday tasks but will be depressed doing them
What are some physical benefits of exercise?
Burns up body fat, heart and lungs work more efficiently, strengthens bones, joints are more flexible and ALL give you an increased life expectancy
If your body shape improves
“If you ____________________”
If you look good you feel good
Humans live in groups, physical activity also helps us
Learn social skills and group behaviour
What are some social benefits of exercise?
Helps you feel confident, meet people and make friends, develops teamwork and co-operation
What are some mental benefits of exercise?
It is stimulating and enjoyable, relieves tension and stress, gets rid of agression, helps you sleep better
What is performance?
Performance is how well a task is completed
What is general or health-related fitness
This is the ability of your body to carry out everyday activities without excessive tiredness and which everyone should have
There is 5 points to remember that everyone should have what are they?
1) Stamina/endurance/cardiovascular fitness
2) Muscular Endurance
3) Strength
4) Flexibility or suppleness
5) Body composition
What is, stamina/endurance/cardiovascular fitness?
This is the ability to exercise the entire body for long periods of time
What is Muscular Endurance?
This is the ability of muscles to maintain and repeat contractions without getting tired
What is Strength?
This is the amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance
What is Body Composition?
This is the percentage of body weight which is fat, muscle or bone
What is Flexibility or Suppleness?
This is the range of movement at a joint
General fitness is also called?
Health-Related Fitness
What is specific or skill-related fitness?
This is the ability of the body to carry out set tasks effectively and efficiently. It usually requires some sort of learning .
There is 7 skills related to specific fitness which are:
1) Agility
2) Balance
3) Co-ordination
4) Explosive power
5) Reactions
6) Timing
7) Speed
The 7 skills of specific fitness are:
1) Agility
2) Balance
3) Co-ordination
4) Explosive power
5) Reactions
6) Timing
7) Speed
Agility is?
The ability to change position of the body quickly
Balance is?
The ability to retain the centre of mass above the base of support
Co-ordination is?
This is the ability to move two or more body parts together smoothly and accurately?
Explosive power is?
This is the ability to do strength performance quickly
Power= strength x speed
What are reactions?
This is the time taken between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of the movement
Timing is?
The ability to correctlty time your movement in response to what is going on around you
Speed is?
The different rates at which a person is able to perform a movement
There are 10 factors affecting fitness
Age Gender Physique Diet Exercise Physical disability Illness and fatigue Drug-taking Stress The environment
You are usually fittest in your?
20’s, 19-26
In gender we have multiple reasons mention some?
Speed, flexibility, pregnancy, strength, bone structure
Physique is?
The build and shape of your body
Diet is?
The certain substances for energy, growth and repair, you get them from food
No matter how fit unfit you are, regular ________, makes you fitter
Exercise
Physical disability is?
When a part of your body doesn’t function properly
Illness and fatigue is?
When you are tired or ill and are less fit for any activity
The environment is?
Anything around you
Question on Drug-Taking
True or False:
Any substance lowers your fitness
True
What is somatotyping?
Somatotyping is how we describe our build, how fat, how muscular or how linear
We inherit what from our parents?
Our body shape but we can train to get stronger