Principles for optimal health Flashcards
what are the primary components of fitness
- Cardiorespiratory capacity
- Muscular Capacity
- Flexibility
- Body composition
What are the secondary components of fitness?
- Balance
- Coordination
- Agility
- Reaction time
- Speed
- Power
- Mental capability
What are some of the long term adaptation of cardiorespiratory training?
- decreased resting heart rate
- decreased risk of cardiorespiratory disease
- improved endurance
- increased stroke volume
- increased cardiac output
define cardiorespiratory capacity
the ability of the body to take in oxygen and deliver it to the cells in order to create energy
define muscular capacity
is the full spectrum of muscular function, including strength, power and endurance.
what are the positive effect of doing resistance training (muscular capacity training)
- Better posture
- Improve joint and bones strength
- Improve functional fitness (daily activities)
- improved muscular endurance
- Increase basal metabolic rate
- decrease the risk of injury
define flexibility
is the range of movement or amount of motion a joint is capable of performing
positive effects of training flexibility
- better range of motion
- improve bodily movements
- improves posture
- decreases risk of injury
define body composition
proportion of fat-free mass, (muscles, bones, blood, organs and fluids) to fat mass (adipose tissue
define balance
ability to maintain a specific body position in either a stationary or dynamic situation.
define coordination
ability to use multiple body parts together to produce smooth and fluid movement/motion
define agility
ability to change direction quickly
define reaction time
time require to respond to a specific stimulus
define speed
ability to move quickly/rapidly
define power
the product of strength and speed