Exercise and fitness Flashcards
This is a brief or strenuous exercise not powered by oxygen burning
anaerobic
What exercise involves little or no outward movement of body parts ?
isometric exercises
What type of exercise involves exerting a more or less constant force against a movable resistance ?
isotonic exercises
This is a moderate, long duration exercise powered mostly by “burning “ fuels with oxygen
aerobic exercise
*Exercise that involve little or no outward movement of body parts
* pushing or pulling against an immovable object
isometric exercises
Exercise that involve exerting a more or less constant force against a movable resistance are known as …
isotonic exercises
This exercise involves exerting as much force as possible against ta resistance that moves at a more or less constant speed
isokinetic exercises
What are the 3 components of aerobic exercises?
frequency
intensity
duration
what is hypertrophy ?
The growth of muscle cells.
An increase in the size of muscle rather than the m=number of fibers.
When muscle beings to waste away after being unused.
When the blood vessels that supply it begin to deteriorate.
atrophy