Fitness and training Flashcards
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Fitness
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Ability to meet the demands of your environment
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Physical related components of fitness
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- strength
- speed
- body composition
- muscular endurance
- cardiovascular endurance
- flexibility
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Skill related components of fitness
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- agility
- coordination
- power
- balance
- reaction time
4
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Purpose of fitness training
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- identify strengths/weaknesses
- talent identification
- can measure state of health
- evaluate training/monitor
- progress and improvement
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Categories of tests
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- field
- laboratory
- maximal
- sub-maximal
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Validity
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It’s what your measuring is what you want to measure
7
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Reliability
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How trustworthy something is
8
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Determinants of sports performance
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- maximal aerobic fitness
- exercise economy
- anaerobic capacity
- anaerobic power
- maximum speed
- sub-maximal aerobic fitness
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Submaximal aerobic fitness
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- ability to maintain a percentage of v02 max for a prolonged period of time
10
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Maximal aerobic fitness
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The maximum amount of 02 the body can use per minute
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Exercise economy
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Energy required to maintain a constant velocity of movement
12
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Anaerobic capacity
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Amount of energy obtained from anaerobic sources in a single bout of exercise
13
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Anaerobic power
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- this is the fastest rate at which energy can be produced anaerobically during an activity
14
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Maximum speed
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- time taken to move a body part through a movement over a pre-determined distance or speed
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Training principles
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- specificity
- individual differences
- progressive overload
- reversibility
- variance
- over-training