Chapters 9-15 Flashcards
What happens when exercising in heat and humidity.
60 to 70 percent of energy is converted into heat
What is the standard treatment for injuries?
Rest in Ice
What is the best treatment for injuries?
Prevention is the best treatment.
Using a combination of aerobic activities to develop overall fitness is known as what?
Cross-Training
What should the HIIT workout phase intensity be?
Keep Intensity high. Like HIIT, 80 percent plus max capacity
Recommended heat stroke treatment includes what?
The most common cause of activity-related injury is due to what?
Overtraining
Periodization is a training approach that does what or encompasses what?
a systematic variation in intensity and volume to enhance fitness and performance
what is atherosclerosis?
Fatty/cholesterol deposits in the walls of the arteries leading to formation of plaque
Total Cholesterol Guideline
<200 = Desirable
200-239 = Borderline High
≥240 High risk
LDL Cholesterol Guideline
<100=optimal
100-129=near or greater than optimal 130-159=Borderline high
160-189=high
≥190=Very High
HDL Cholesterol Guideline
≤40=Low(high risk)
≥60=High(Low Risk)
What is statin Group
Lowers Cholesterol 60% in 2-3 months
Produce small HDL increases
What is Bile Acid Sequestrants
Reduces LDL Cholesterol
Bind Cholesterol in bile acids
What is Nicotinic acid or Niacin
Lowers LDL cholesterol, Lp(a), And triglycerides
Increases HDL
What is type 1 Diabetes?
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Pancreas produces little or no insulin
What is type 2 Diabetes?
Non–insulin-dependent diabetes
Insulin is not processed properly
What is CHD
CHD describes the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that can lead to a heart attack
What is a Stroke?
Condition in which a blood vessel that feeds the brain ruptures or clogs, disrupting blood flow to the brain
What is Myocardial Infarction
Damage to or death of an area of the heart muscle as a result of an obstructed artery (Heart Attack)
Aerobic helps what in addition to cholesterol?
Increase cardiorespiratory endurance
Controls blood pressure
reduces body fat
Prevents and helps control diabetes
Decreases low grade inflammation
good heart function
alleviates tension and stress
What are the risk factors that increase heart diseases.
Smoking, obesity, Physical inactivity, Hypertension, History of heart disease, Abnormal heart function, diabetes, age, tension and stress
What’s metabolic syndrome?
Array of metabolic abnormalities that contribute to development of atherosclerosis triggered by insulin resistance
What % of Americans will develop at least 1 STI?
More than half of Americans.
Cancer can be defined as?
What process happens that makes cancer treatment more difficult?
Once cancer has spread (metastasized), treatment becomes more difficult
What are the 2 types of tumors?
Benign and Malignant
What is a benign tumor?
Non cancerous tumor
What is Malignant tumor?
Cancerous tumor
invades and destroys normal tissue
Cancer prevention diet
Maintain Healthy body weight
Active lifestyle and healthy diet
Limit alcohol consumption
No Tobacco
Avoid occupational hazards
Safe sun exposure
Limit processed, charred, or well done meats
Aware of air and water pollutants
What is the difference in Aids and HIV?
HIV is a viral STI that attacks cells of the immune system
Aids is the ending stage of HIV infection
What is the most wildly used illegal drug in the U.S.
Marijuana
What are the substances that are chemically dependent substances?
Hint :Addiction
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Different things that decrease risk of prostate cancer?
Healthy diet, Physically active
What is Eustress
Positive stress
Improves health and performance even as stress increases
What are all the different drugs and the difference illicit?
Marijuana:19.8
Psychotherapeutic :6.5
Cocaine:1.5
Hallucinogens:1.3
Inhalants:0.5
Heroin:0.3
What are the different bacterial STI’s?
*Chlamydia
* Gonorrhea
* Syphilis
* Trichomoniasis
What are the different Viral STI’s?
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts
- Genital Herpes
- Hepatitis
- HIV and AIDS
What is the difference in all 8 STI’s?
-Chlamydia spreads during sex, or to a newborn baby during birth
-Gonorrhea: Causes infertility, heart damage
Syphilis: Has 4 stages
Trichomoniasis: caused by infection with a protozoan parasite
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts: Diagnosed through abnormal Pap test
Genital Herpes: Highly contagious
Hepatitis: spreads with blood or bodily fluids of an infected person
HIV and AIDS: Spreads through blood and sexual contact
What does CAM stand for?
Complementary Alternative Medicine
What is CAM?
Group of diverse medical and health care systems,
practices, and products not presently considered part of
conventional medicine
What is the difference in CAM and Western Medicine?
*Western medicine is Traditional Medical Practice
* CAM includes medicine like mental or or natural remedies
What is the difference in physiological and chronicle age?
– Physiological age: biological and functional capacity of the
body in relation to the person’s maximal potential at any
given age in the lifespan
– Chronological age: calendar age
What are all the things to consider and look for when joining a health and fitness facility?
– Ensure that it complies with ACSM standards
– Investigate other community exercise options
– Check to see if the atmosphere is pleasant
– Analyze costs versus facilities, equipment, and programs
– Consider location and operating hours
– Work out at the facility several times
– Consider cleanliness, instructors, and fitness approach
What is the greatest factor and impact on health longevity?
Lifestyle behaviors
What is distress
Negative Stress
Unpleasant or harmful stress under which health and performance begin to deteriorate
What is GAS?
General Adaption Syndrome
What does gas do and what are the stages?
Explains the body’s adaption to sustained stress.
Alarm Reaction
Resistance
Exhaustion/recovery
What are the 5 time managers
Find time killers
Set long-range and short-range goals
Identify your immediate goals and prioritize them for today and this week
Use a daily planner
Conduct nightly audits
Time killers
Physical Activity
Different techniques to relieve stress
Biofeedback
Progressive muscle relaxation
Breathing techniques
Visual Imagery
Autogenic Training
Meditation
