Core 2 Critical Question 2

Question 1

What are the health related components of fitness

Answer 1

BCMMF - Body composition, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility.

Question 2

Body composition

Answer 2

Refers to the percentage of fat as opposed to lean body mass in a human

Question 3

Ectomorph

Answer 3

Skinny light build

Question 4

Mesomorph

Answer 4

Build is compact and muscular.

Question 5

Endomorph

Answer 5

soft round build, high proportion of fat tissue.

Question 6

Cardiovascular endurance

Answer 6

The circulatory and respiratory systems ability to supply oxygen to the body to remove carbon dioxide and waste products during sustained exercise.

Question 7

Muscular strength

Answer 7

The ability to exert force against a resistance in a single maximal effort. One rep

Question 8

Flexibility

Answer 8

The range of motion about a joint or the ease of joint movement.

Question 8

Muscular endurance

Answer 8

A measure of the ability of the muscle to contract repeatedly over a period of time, thereby delaying fatigue.

Question 9

Skill related components

Answer 9

Coordination, agility, reaction time, power, balance and speed

Question 10

Coordination

Answer 10

Coordination is the ability to harmonise messages from the senses with parts of the body to produce movements that are smooth, skillful and well controlled

Question 11

Agility

Answer 11

The ability to move the body from one position to another with speed and precision.

Question 12

Reaction time

Answer 12

Reaction time is the time-taken to respond to stimulus.

Question 13

Power

Answer 13

the ability to apply force as quickly as possible resulting in dynamic bursts of movement.

Question 14

Balance

Answer 14

ability to maintain stability and relies on equal distribution of weight.

Question 15

Speed

Answer 15

Speed is the pace the athlete performs a task or the ability to perform movements quickly.

Question 15

Aerobic

Answer 15

Aerobic training targets an athlete’s endurance capacity by targeting improvement in the delivery of oxygen to working cells.

Question 16

Anaerobic

Answer 16

The level of intensity is much higher, and the effort period is much shorter than aerobic activity.

Question 17

FITT

Answer 17

Frequency (how often), Intensity (how hard?), Time (How long) and Type (What?).

Question 18

Heart rate

Answer 18

The number of times the heart beats per minute. When we begin to exercise our heart rate increases.

Question 19

Ventilation rate

Answer 19

Number of breaths per minute

Question 20

Stroke volume

Answer 20

The amount of blood coming out through the left ventricle per beat

Question 21

Cardiac output

Answer 21

The amount of blood coming out of the left ventricle per minute. Calculated by SVxHr

Question 22

LActic levels

Answer 22

A measure of how much lactic acid in blood.
Lactate levels rise greater in aneoribic or shorter intervals of exercise