Health, Excersize, Fitness and performance Flashcards
Define Health
Health is not merely the absence of disease. It’s a Complete state of physical, mental and social well being.
How can you improve your health?
By taking part in sport as it builds up fitness and means people can lie an active life more comfortably. Regular excursive can prevent illness.
What are a lot of health problems due to?
lack of excersize
What are health problems related to lack of excursize called?
Hypo kinetic diseases
heart disease, blood pressure and back pain
How can sport improve your mental health
It can be a distraction from every day life
Excersize releases endorphins which make you feel good
Release stress and tension
Define fitness
The ability to meet the demands of the environment
What does fitness do?
Reduces the chance of disease and enhances your performance
Define performance
How well a task is completed
How can you be fit but not healthy?
Sir Steve Redgrave is an olympic athlete so he is very fit, however he has a severe bowel condition called cuceractive colitis
What are the 5 components of health related fitness?
Cardio Vascular fitness Muscular endurance muscular strength flexibility body composition
Define CV Fitness
the ability to excursive the body for long amounts of time
Muscular strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance
Muscular endurance
the ability to use the voluntary muscles many times with out getting tired
Flexibility
the range of movement possible at a joint
Body Composition
the percentage of body weight that is fat, muscle and bone
What are the six components of skill related fitness?
Agility Balance Co Ordination Power Reaction Time Speed
How are the skill related fitnesses improved?
Through training
Define agility
the ability to change the position of the body and to control the movement of the whole body
Define balance
the ability to maintain the centre of mass above the base of support with reference to the static, or dynamic conditions of movement, shape and orientation.
Define Co Ordination
the ability to use two or more body parts together hand eye fist eye chest eye thigh eye head eye
Define power
the ability to undertake strength performances quickly
Power= strength x speed
Reaction Time
the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the ones of movement
Define speed
the differential rate at which an individual is able to perform a movement or cover a distance in a period of time.
What does improving skill related factors do to health related factors?
It improves them
What’s a PAR-Q?
A questionnaire to ensure physical readiness for partaking in sports
3 examples of questions likely to be on a PAR-Q
Do you suffer with asthma?
Have you felt any chest pains?
Have you had a cold/flu in the last four weeks?
What are the Health Related fitness tests?
12 minute cooper run
Harvard Step test
Hand grip test
Sit and reach flexibility test