Component 1-9 Flashcards
Health
A state of complete emotional/ psychological, physical and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Exercise
Physical activity that maintains or improves health and fitness.
Fitness
Ability to meet the demands of the environment.
Performance
How well a task is complete
Sedentary
Lacking in physical activity
Hypokinetic disease
A disease caused by a lack of physical activity or sedentary lifestyle
Cardiovascular fitness
The ability to exercise your whole body for long periods of time
Muscular strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance
Muscular endurance
The ability to use voluntary muscles repeatedly without getting tired
Flexibility
The range of motion of your joints
Body composition
The percentage of body weight that is muscle fat or bone
Agility
The ability to change direction and control the body at speed
Balance
Being able to keep the body stable while at rest or on the move
Co-ordination
The ability to use two or more body parts together
Power
The ability to undertake strength performances quickly it can be written as a formula: power = strength x speed
Reaction time
The time between a stimulus and a movement in response to it
Speed
The rate at which an individual can perform a movement or cover a distance.
SMART goals
Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-bound
Principles of training
Specificity
Progressive overload
Individual needs
FITT (frequency, intensity, time type)
Overtraining
Training beyond your ability to recover
Reversibility
Means gradualy losing fitness rather than gaining
Comtinuous training
Working the entire body for a long period of time
Farklek
A method of training where the terrain amd speed are constantly changing
Circuit training
A series of exercises completed for a certain ammount of time/reps, after one another
