Exercise Perscription Flashcards
Less than ___% of the population exercise either in leisure time or in a structured manner.
25%
What are 2 goals of exercise prescription?
- Long term program compliance
2. Attainment of the individual’s goals
True or False: Men and women will not respond and adapt to training in the same manner.
FALSE
Typically, both men and women, respond to training in a similar manner
What is physical activity?
Bodily movement that is produced by the interaction of skeletal muscle and that substantially increases energy expenditure
What is exercise?
Planned, structured and repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness
List 4 health related attributes of physical fitness.
- body composition
- Cardiorespiratory
- Endurance
- Muscular strength/ endurance
- Flexibility
List 6 sport specific attributes of physical fitness.
- Agility
- Balance
- Coordination
- Power
- Reaction time
- Speed
How much physical activity, as per ACSM, is recommended for healthy adults aged 18-65 years?
- Moderate intensity aerobic activity- 30 min, 5x a week
2. Vigorous activity- 20 min, 3x a week
______ bouts of exercise can be accumulated toward the 30 minute minimum
3, 10 minute bouts of exercise
Strength and endurance exercises should be performed for a minimum of ___ days a week.
2 days a week
True or False: Exercise recommendations are different from physical activity recommendations.
TRUE
How many minutes of physical activity should an adult accumulate per day? METS? HRR?
30+min of mod to vigorous exercise a day
3-6 METS or 40-49% of HRR
How many METS serve as the lower end of intensity to improve fitness?
6 METS
What assessment should the patient complete prior to beginning an exercise program?
PAR-Q
Men ____ and over and females ____ and over should see a physician before embarking on vigorous exercise.
Men 45+
Women 55+
List 3 congenital/hereditary abnormalities that can lead to sudden cardiac death among young individuals.
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Coronary artery abnormalities
- Aortic stenosis
What is the principle of individuality?
Individuals will not respond to exercise in the same manner
must taking into account genetics, individual needs and differences when prescribing exercise
The sub-principle of Initial Values state individuals with ______ will achieve the greatest training improvement. Holds true for healthy and those with _____.
Lower fitness
CVD
What is the principle of specificity?
Specific exercise elicits specific adaptations creating specific training effects
True or False: The heart and lungs will be aerobically trained no matter what type of training is employed during exercise.
TRUE
What will increase when training to improve skill and strength?
Power
Transference of conditioning seen only in _______people and those with a ________.
Very deconditioned
Pathology
What is the principle of disuse/reversibility?
Use it or lose it
When you stop training, your state of fitness will drop to a level that only meets the demands of daily use
What principle forms the foundation of all training?
Principle of Progressive Overload
