Personal Exercise Programme Keywords Flashcards
Muscular endurance
The ability of muscles to contract and relax over a prolonged period of time against a resistance
Flexibility
How supple you are, the range of movement possible at a joint
Body composition
The percentage of body weight which is fat, muscle and bone, this can be influenced by diet and exercise, largely down to the ‘genes’ you have
Agility
Ability to change the position of the body quickly and control movement of the whole body
Balance
Ability to retain in the body’s centre of mass (gravity) above the base of support with reference to static or dynamic, conditions of movement, shape and orientation
Co-ordination
Ability to use one of two body parts together
Power
Ability to do strength performances quickly
Reaction time
Rome between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of a movement
Speed
*** differ rate which an individual is able to perform a movement or cover a distance of time
Health
A state of complete mental, physical and social well-being, and not merely, the absence of disease, socially happy
Fitness
Ability to meet the demand of an environment, meeting the demands of everyday life
Exercise
Form of physical activity done primarily to improve heal hand physical fitness
Performance
How well a task is completed
Define cardiovascular fitness
Healthy Working of the heart, blood and blood vessels. This is the most important aspect of Health Related Exercise
Example of cardiovascular system
Long distance running
How do you improve cardiovascular fitness
- Coopers run
- Intense running
- Exercise
Example of sport using muscular strength
- Tennis
- Rugby
- Hockey
How do you improve muscular strength
Weight training
Example for sport for muscular endurance
- Cycling
2. Running
How do you improve muscular endurance
Cycling machine
Spelt examples of flexibility
- Balanced positions in gymnastics
2. Twists, tucks and summersaults in diving
How do you improve flexibility
- Stretching exercises
- Static- muscle is stretched for 10-30 seconds
- Passive- stretched against a partner or a wall
- Active- movements which mimics action/ activity to be undertaken