Chapter 15: Cardiorespiratory Fitness Training Flashcards
Cardiorespiratory fitness
The ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to provide the body with oxygen during activity.
Activities of daily living (ADL)
The fundamental tasks needed to manage basic self-care activities, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation and feeding, and homemaking.
Rate of progression
The process and speed from which frequency, intensity, time, and type are increased.
Adherence
The level of commitment to a behavior or plan of action.
Morbidity
The state of having a disease.
Mortality
A state or a risk of death or dying.
Frequency
The number of training sessions in a given timeframe.
Intensity
The level of demand placed on the body by a given activity.
Tanaka formula
A mathematical formula used to estimate an individual’s maximal heart rate: 208 – (0.7 × age).
Target heart rate
A predetermined exercising heart rate.
Talk test
An aerobic test that measures the participant’s ability to talk or hold a conversation during an activity at various intensity levels.
Ventilatory Threshold (Tvent)
The point during graded exercise in which ventilation increases disproportionately to oxygen uptake, signifying a switch from predominately aerobic energy production to anaerobic energy production.
Ventilatory threshold 1 (VT1)
The point at which the body uses an equal mix of carbohydrate and fat as fuel sources.
Time
The duration an individual is engaged in a given activity.
Type
The mode of physical activity in which an individual is engaged.
Overtraining
Excessive frequency, volume, or intensity of training, resulting in reduction of performance, which is also caused by a lack of proper rest and recovery
High intensity interval training (HIIT)
An exercise training method defined by intervals of near-maximal intensity broken up by relatively short rest periods.
Steady state (SS) aerobic exercise
Aerobic exercise that remains at a relatively constant intensity, including a stable heart rate and oxygen consumption.
Volume
The total amount of work performed in each timeframe, typically 1 week.
General warm up
Low-intensity exercise consisting of movements that do not necessarily relate to the more intense exercise immediately following.
Specific warm up
Low-intensity exercise consisting of movements that mimic those to be included in the more intense exercise immediately following.
Principle of specificity
A principle stating that the body will adapt to the specific demands that are placed on it; also known as the Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands (SAID) principle.
Midpoint
Refers to the intensity level halfway between ventilatory threshold 1 (VT1) and ventilatory threshold 2 (VT2).
Ventilation
Process by which oxygen is transferred to the muscles from the lungs.
Inspiration
The process of contracting the inspiratory muscles to move air into the body.