Par-Q, warm ups, cool down, rest, recovery, overtraining, reversibility

Question 1

What does Par-Q stand for?

Answer 1

Physical activity readiness questionaire

Question 2

What’s the Par-Q designed for?

Answer 2

To identify the small amount of people to whom physical activity isn’t appropriate

Question 3

Why do we perform warm up?

Answer 3

Prepares the muscle
Prepares the joints
Prepares the mind
Prevents injury
Prepares the ligaments
Prepares the cardiovascular system

Question 4

What are the 3 phases of a warm up?

Answer 4

Cardiovascular
stretching
sport specific

Question 5

What are static and dynamic stretches?

Answer 5

Static :on the spot without training

Dynamic: using movements specific to a sport

Question 6

how long should a cool down last?

Answer 6

5-10 minutes

Question 7

What’s adaptation?

Answer 7

When your body reacts to its environment (e.g. hard training sessions) by increasing its ability to cope. This only happens when you rest.

Question 8

What is the recovery period?

Answer 8

The period of time allocated to recovery

Question 9

What is overtraining?

Answer 9

Training beyond your body’s ability to recover

Question 10

What’s reversibility?

Answer 10

Gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level