keywords Flashcards
flexibility
the range of movement around a joint
peak
at your very best — the best prepared period for you to be able to perform
inclusion
a policy that no one should experience barriers to learning as a result of their disability, heritage, gender, special educational need, ethnicity, social group, sexual orientation, race or culture
physique
the form, size and development of a person’s body
metabolic
the whole range of biochemical processes that occur within people
power
the combination of speed and strength
maximal strength
the greatest amount of weight that can be lifted in one go
culture
the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society
fast
to eat only certain types of food or to reduce food intake
devout
devoted or dedicated to
gender
the state of being male or female
body composition
the percentage of body weight that is fat, muscle and bone
musculature
the system or arrangement of muscles on a body
somatotypes
different body types based on shape, most commonly endomorph, mesomorph and ectomorph
dehydration
the rapid loss of water from the body