Health-Related Fitness Flashcards
Regular physical activity protects the body from
Stress, injury, illness, disease, and other health issues
Five components of health-related fitness
Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Benefits the heart and lungs
- increases stamina, metabolism, and oxygen ciruculation
- improved blood flow helps the body’s chemical processes to function more efficiently, consuming fat and calories faster and allowing muscles to receive more oxygen to function better
- stretches and strengthens joints and tendons
Examples of cardiorespiratory exercises
Jogging, swimming, cycling, aerobics
For greater health benefits,
Mix strenuous and non-strenuous activities
Musular strength
Amount of force muscles produce
Muscular endurance
Ability to repeatedly use muscles without tiring
Musuclar fitness
- strength training
- stronger muscles allows body to move easier while burning additional calories and fat with each activity
Examples of muscular fitness activities
Push-ups, pull-ups, gymnastics, weight-lifting, swimming, running, rowing
Flexibility
Increases range of movement in joints, whichcan improve athletic performance, decrease risk of injury, and minimize sore muscles
- helps maintain good posture and healthy joints
- stretching increases blood flow to muscles to power their movements
Examples of flexibility activities
Stretches (i.e. Toe-touches, shoulder stretches), yoga, gymnastics
Body Composition
Percentage of body fat as compared to lean muscle and bone
- some fat is necessary for the body to function properly
- combination of cardiorespiratory activity, strength training, stretching, and healthy nutrition
- reduce strain on muscles, joints, and cardiovascular system
- strength training can increase the amount of lean muscle tissue
- cardio can burn fat
Paul’s doctor says his cardiorespiratory fitness level is excellent, but she worries about Paul’s muscular fitness. Paul enjoys gymnastics, baseball, biking, and yoga. Increasing the frequency of which activity will best improve Paul’s muscular fitness? (3 points)
Gymnastics
Baseball
Biking
Yoga
gymnastics
Janelle’s doctor warned her that she has extremely high blood pressure, which can lead to a variety of dangerous health problems. Which of the following should she increase in her weekly schedule to specifically address this health issue?
Participating in an aerobics class
Increasing her weightlifting
Adding more hours of sleep
Participating in yoga class
Participating in an aerobics class
Which type of activity can help a person burn more fat?
Strength training
Cardio
Stretching
Weight lifting
cardio
Janna used to go biking every other afternoon with her sister, but she had to stop this because she started an afterschool job. What consequence will Janna experience over time if she does not find a similar activity to replace the biking?
Decrease in aerobic capacity
Decrease in range of motion
Decrease in muscular strength
Decrease in blood pressure
decrease in aerobic capacity
Natalia started an exercise program that includes stretching daily and yoga three times each week. What area of fitness is Natalia targeting, and what is her potential for improvement in this area based on her fitness program?
Body composition; she is on track to significantly improve in this area based on this program
Cardiovascular endurance; she will never reach this goal unless she adds weightlifting to her routine
Flexibility; she is on track to significantly improve this area of fitness by sticking with this program
Muscular strength; she will only improve in this area if she adds cardio to her workout schedule
flexibility
