HRF Flashcards
Agility
Ability to control the movement of the whole bosy and change position quickly.
Balance
Keep the body stable, while at rest or in motion.
Body Composition
Percentage of body weight that is fat, muscle or bone.
Cardiovascular Endurance
Ability to excercise the whole body for long periods of time.
Coordination
Ability to use 2 or more body parts together.
Flexibility
Range of Motion in your joints
Speed
Rate of which an individual can perform a movement or cover distance.
Reaction Time
Time between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of movement.
Muscular Endurance
Ability to use volountary muscles many times without getting tired.
Strength
The amount pf force + muscle can exert abainst a resistance
Reversibility
Gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level.
Progressive overload
Gradually increasing the amount of work to improve fitness.
Individual needs
Taking into account someone’s aims and current levels of fitness.
Specificity
The particular requirments of an activity
FITT
Training principle based on frequency, intensitym time and type.
Overtraining
Training beyond your body’s ability to recover.
Weight training
Involves lifting weight to increase the strength of muscles using repititions or sets.
Continuous
Aerobic excercising at a moderate to high level with no rest.
Plyometric
Exercises where muscles use maximum amount of force in short intervals of time.
Fartlek
A method of training for runners where the terrain and speed are constantly changing.
Interval
Involves alternating stages of high and low intensity activity.
Circuit
Is a series of exercises, completed for a certain amount of time, one after the other.
