Pee Flashcards
Weight training
Lifting weights to increase the strength of your muscles in repetitions and sets.
Continuous training
Doing intense exercise at a moderate to high level without any rest.
Plyometric training
Where you use maximum force in short spaces of time.
Fartlek training
This is where the terrain and spped are constantly changing.
Interval training
This is where you alternate high and low intensity exercises and activities.
Circuit training
This is a series of exercises done for a certain amout of time one after the other.
Agility
Ability to control the movement of the whole body and change position quickly.
Balance
Keep the body stable, while not moving or moving.
Body composition
Percentage of body that is muscle, fat or bone.
Cardiovascular endurance
Ability to exercise the whole body for long periods of time.
Coordination
Ability to use two or more body parts togather.
Flexibility
How far you can stretch your joints.
Power
Ability to undertake strength performances quickly.
Speed
Rate of which an individual can cover a movement or range of distance.
Reaction time
Time between something happening and you reacting.
Muscular endurance
Ability to use muscles many times without getting tired.
Strength
Amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance.
Individual needs
Personal fitness needs based on age, gender, fitness level and the spirt for which they are training for.
Specificity
Specificity means matching training to the requirements of an activity.
Progressive overload
Progressive overload is gradually increasing the amount of overload to improve fitness.
The FITT principle
Frequency (how often)
Intensity (how hard)
Time (how long)
Type (what method)
Overtraining
Overtraining occurs when you train beyond your body’s ability to recover.
Reversibility
Reversibility means gradually losing fitness instead of progressing or remaining at the current level.
Muscles
Muscles
