Chapter 15: Cardiorespiratory Fitness Training

Question 1

Cardiorespiratory fitness

Answer 1

The ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to provide the body with oxygen during activity.

Question 2

Activities of daily living (ADL)

Answer 2

The fundamental tasks needed to manage basic self-care activities, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation and feeding, and homemaking.

Question 3

Rate of progression

Answer 3

The process and speed from which frequency, intensity, time, and type are increased.

Question 4

Adherence

Answer 4

The level of commitment to a behavior or plan of action.

Question 5

Morbidity

Answer 5

The state of having a disease.

Question 6

Mortality

Answer 6

A state or a risk of death or dying.

Question 7

Frequency

Answer 7

The number of training sessions in a given timeframe.

Question 8

Intensity

Answer 8

The level of demand placed on the body by a given activity.

Question 9

Tanaka formula

Answer 9

A mathematical formula used to estimate an individual’s maximal heart rate: 208 – (0.7 × age).

Question 10

Target heart rate

Answer 10

A predetermined exercising heart rate.

Question 11

Talk test

Answer 11

An aerobic test that measures the participant’s ability to talk or hold a conversation during an activity at various intensity levels.

Question 12

Ventilatory Threshold (Tvent)

Answer 12

The point during graded exercise in which ventilation increases disproportionately to oxygen uptake, signifying a switch from predominately aerobic energy production to anaerobic energy production.

Question 13

Ventilatory threshold 1 (VT1)

Answer 13

The point at which the body uses an equal mix of carbohydrate and fat as fuel sources.

Question 14

Time

Answer 14

The duration an individual is engaged in a given activity.

Question 15

Type

Answer 15

The mode of physical activity in which an individual is engaged.

Question 16

Overtraining

Answer 16

Excessive frequency, volume, or intensity of training, resulting in reduction of performance, which is also caused by a lack of proper rest and recovery

Question 17

High intensity interval training (HIIT)

Answer 17

An exercise training method defined by intervals of near-maximal intensity broken up by relatively short rest periods.

Question 18

Steady state (SS) aerobic exercise

Answer 18

Aerobic exercise that remains at a relatively constant intensity, including a stable heart rate and oxygen consumption.

Question 19

Volume

Answer 19

The total amount of work performed in each timeframe, typically 1 week.

Question 20

General warm up

Answer 20

Low-intensity exercise consisting of movements that do not necessarily relate to the more intense exercise immediately following.

Question 21

Specific warm up

Answer 21

Low-intensity exercise consisting of movements that mimic those to be included in the more intense exercise immediately following.

Question 22

Principle of specificity

Answer 22

A principle stating that the body will adapt to the specific demands that are placed on it; also known as the Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands (SAID) principle.

Question 23

Midpoint

Answer 23

Refers to the intensity level halfway between ventilatory threshold 1 (VT1) and ventilatory threshold 2 (VT2).

Question 24

Ventilation

Answer 24

Process by which oxygen is transferred to the muscles from the lungs.

Question 25

Inspiration

Answer 25

The process of contracting the inspiratory muscles to move air into the body.