week 5 Flashcards
What are the primary components of physical fitness?
- cardio
- muscular strength AND endurance
- flexibility
- body composition
What is the number one killer?
cardiovascular disease
What are the secondary components of physical fitness?
- balance
- coordination
- agility
- reaction time
- speed
- power
- mental capacity
How much more muscle do men have vs women?
twice as much
What are some benefits to physical fitness?
- immune function
- bone density
- joint stability
- ability to sleep
- helps with stress & concentration
What is muscular strength vs muscular endurance?
strength- force within muscles / ability of the muscle to produce max tension once
endurance- ability to maintain repeated muscular effort / ability of the muscle to produce contraction or repeat contraction for a period of time
What is S.A.I.D?
- specific
- adaption
- imposed
- demand
What does F.I.T.T stand for?
- frequency (how often)
- intensity (how hard)
- time (how long)
- type
‘If you don’t use it you lose it’ is an example of which principle
Reversibility
Principle of Overload is?
- applying greater stress or demand than the body is used to
- muscles need to be challenged or body will adapt
Why is warm up important?
- safely preps the body
- increases blood circulation
- avoids premature onset of fatigue and lactic acid
- increases synovial fluid at the joint
How long/ hard should warm up be?
- 5-10 minutes
- multijointed dynamic activity
- 40-50% of max effort
What is VO2 max
- max amount of oxygen a person is able to use during an intense exercise
How hard should you be working to achieve results?
-55-90% of your max heart rate
what is aerobic?
working steady state
uses oxygen
eg swimming