Exercise And Fitness Flashcards

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Fitness

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The ability to meet the demands of the environment

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Health

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A star of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity

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Exercise

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A form of physical activity done to maintain or improve health or physical fitness but no competitively

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Balanced healthy lifestyle

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Health fitness and exercise are the three factors that must work together I increase fitness, endurance, performance and health benefits because without one fitness may deteriorate and health benefits will not increase

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Cardiovascular fitness

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The ability to exercise the body for long periods of time without tiring

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The cardiovascular system

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Made up of the heart, blood vessels and blood to supply the body with oxygen for exercise

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Muscular endurance

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The ability to use voluntary muscles many times without getting tired

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Muscular strength

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The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance

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Flexibility

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The rave of movement possible at a joint

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Body composition

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The percentage of body weight which is muscle and bone

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Agility

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The ability to change the position if the body quickly and to control the movement of the whole body

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Balance

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The ability to retain the body’s centre of mass above the base of support whilst possibly being static, dynamic or in different shapes

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Coordination

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The ability to use two or more body parts together

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Power

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Speed x strength

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Reaction time

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Time taken to react to a stimulus

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Speed

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The amount of time takes to perform a particular action or cover a certain distance

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Effects of muscular endurance

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Helps with sports that a mainly aerobic, last long times and require repeated use of the same muscles so that performers can prolong additional oxygen delivery to muscles working and to repeat muscle contractions over time without tiring

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Effects of cardiovascular fitness

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Helps in sports that are mainly aerobic, last long times and involve prolonged additional oxygen delivery so performers can maintain performance quality and work for time without tiring

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Uses of muscular strength

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When force is required like to lift heavy weights, to support own body weight or to not get pushed away

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Uses of flexibility

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Such as performing splits, increasing stride length or achieving the hurdling position

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Uses of body composition

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Affects all performers like a sprinter will need a low ratio of body far to muscle or sumo wrestlers are usually large and jockeys have to be lightweight

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Uses of agility

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Performers have to dodge other players

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Uses of balance

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Holding a position still or to stay in the circle when throwing the discus

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Uses of coordination

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Hand-eye to hit something with a racquet, hand-foot for a ball sport or hand-hand to dribble

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Uses of power

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Leaving starting blocks, gaining height if tumbling, serving or jumping to shoot

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Uses of reaction time

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Useful for quick decisions or for good starts or changing direction

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Used of speed

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For timing events, to gain advantages, to beat opponents, to get faster times, to sprint finish, to jump further or I increase throwing distance