Physical activity
Is any form of movement that causes you body to use energy
Physical fitness
The ability to carry out daily task and have enough reserve energy to respond to unexpected demands
Sedentary lifestyle
Way of life that involves little physical activity
Osteoporosis
A condition characterized by a decrease in bone density, producing porous and fragile bones
Metabolism
The process by which you body gets energy from food
Cardiorespiratory endurance
The ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to utilize and send fuel and oxygen to the body's tissues to during long periods of moderate to vigorous activity
Muscular strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert
Muscular endurance
The ability of the muscles to perform physical tasks over a period of time without becoming fatigued
Flexibility
The ability to move a body part through a full range of motion
Body composition
The ratio of body fat to lean body tissue, including muscle, bone, water and connective tissue such as ligaments, cartilage and tendons
Exercise
Purposeful physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive and that improves or maintains personal fitness
Aerobic exercise
Is any activity that uses large muscle groups, is rhythmic in nature, and can be maintained continuously for at least 10 min three times a day or for 20 to 30 min at any time
Anaerobic exercise
Involves intense short bursts of activity of activity in which muscles work so hard that they produce energy without using oxygen
Overload
Working the body harder than it is normally worked
Progression
Is the gradual increase in overload necessary to achieve higher levels of fitness
Specificity
Particular exercises and activities improve particular areas of health related fitneas
Warm up
An activity that prepares muscles for work
Workout
The part of the exercise program when the activity is performed at its highest peak
F.i.t.t
Frequency intensity time/duration type
Cool down
Is an activity that prepares the muscles to return to a resting state
Resting heart rate
Is the # of time a your heart beats in one minute
Training program
A program of formalized physical activity preparation for involvement in a sport or another physical activity
Hydration
Taking fluids so that the body functions properly
Anabolic steroids
Synthetic substances
Health screening
Search for diseases or disorders
Overextension
Overworking the body
Heat cramps
Muscle spasms that result from a loss of water through perspiration
Heatstroke
A condition in which the body loses the ability to rid itself of perspiration
Frostbite
Is a condition that results when body tissues become frozen
Hypothermia
A condition in which the body becomes dangerously low
Muscle cramp
A spasm or sudden movement or tightening of a muscle
Train
Is a condition resulting from damaging a muscle or tendon
Sprain
An injury to the ligament surrounding a joint