Chapters 9-15 Flashcards by Omar Damian

What happens when exercising in heat and humidity.

60 to 70 percent of energy is converted into heat

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What is the standard treatment for injuries?

Rest in Ice

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What is the best treatment for injuries?

Prevention is the best treatment.

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Using a combination of aerobic activities to develop overall fitness is known as what?

Cross-Training

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What should the HIIT workout phase intensity be?

Keep Intensity high. Like HIIT, 80 percent plus max capacity

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Recommended heat stroke treatment includes what?

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The most common cause of activity-related injury is due to what?

Overtraining

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Periodization is a training approach that does what or encompasses what?

a systematic variation in intensity and volume to enhance fitness and performance

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what is atherosclerosis?

Fatty/cholesterol deposits in the walls of the arteries leading to formation of plaque

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Total Cholesterol Guideline

<200 = Desirable
200-239 = Borderline High
≥240 High risk

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LDL Cholesterol Guideline

<100=optimal
100-129=near or greater than optimal 130-159=Borderline high
160-189=high
≥190=Very High

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HDL Cholesterol Guideline

≤40=Low(high risk)
≥60=High(Low Risk)

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What is statin Group

Lowers Cholesterol 60% in 2-3 months
Produce small HDL increases

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What is Bile Acid Sequestrants

Reduces LDL Cholesterol
Bind Cholesterol in bile acids

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What is Nicotinic acid or Niacin

Lowers LDL cholesterol, Lp(a), And triglycerides
Increases HDL

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What is type 1 Diabetes?

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Pancreas produces little or no insulin

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What is type 2 Diabetes?

Non–insulin-dependent diabetes
Insulin is not processed properly

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What is CHD

CHD describes the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that can lead to a heart attack

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What is a Stroke?

Condition in which a blood vessel that feeds the brain ruptures or clogs, disrupting blood flow to the brain

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What is Myocardial Infarction

Damage to or death of an area of the heart muscle as a result of an obstructed artery (Heart Attack)

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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