Ch9 Flashcards
(11 cards)
Approximately ___ percent of American adults do not engage in leisure-time physical activity
23.1
About ____ percent of college women and 45.3 percent of college men do not meet recommended guidelines for physical activity
52.2
5 health related attributes
Cardiorespiratory fitness Muscular strength Muscular endurance Flexibility Body composition
Cardiorespiratory fitness
Ability to sustain aerobic whole-body activity for a prolonged period of time
Ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to supply the body with oxygen efficiently
Measured by “aerobic capacity (power)”
Aerobic capacity (power)
Volume of oxygen muscles consume during exercise
Max aerobic capacity (VO2max) during max exercise
VO2max
The maximum capacity to transport and utilize oxygen during exercise measured at volitional exhaustion
The amount of force a muscle or group of muscles is capable of exerting in one contraction
Muscular strength
Ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert force repeatedly without fatigue
Or the ability to sustain muscular contraction
Muscular endurance
The range of motion, or the amount of movement possible at a particular joint or series of joints
Flexibility
Relative proportions and distribution of fat and fat free (muscle, bone, water, organs) tissues in the body
Body composition
FITT
Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type of exercise