HRF Flashcards Y9
What’s Weight Training?
Involes lifting weight to increase the strength of the muscles, using repitition and sets.
What’s Continuous Training?
Aerobic exercising at a moderate high level, with no rest.
What’s Plyometric Training?
Exercises where muscles use maximum force in short intervals of time
What’s Fartlek Training?
A method of training for runners where the terrain and speed are constantly changing.
What’s interval training?
Involves alternating stages of high and low instensity activity.
What’s Circuit Training?
A series of exercises, completed for a certain amount of time, one after another
Strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance
Flexibility
Range of motion in your joints
Cardiovascular Endurance
Ability to exercise the body for long periods of time.
Muscular endurance
Ability to use voluntary muscles without getting tired
Body Composition
Percentage of body that is muscle, fat or bone.
Agility
Ablity to control the movement of the whole body and change position quickly
Speed
Rate at which an individual can cover a movement or range of distance.
Reversibility
Gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level
Progressive overload
Gradually increasing the amount of work to improve fitness
