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Health Chapter 6
Health chapter 6
Question | Answer |
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Physical fitness | is the ability of the body to carry out daily physical activities without getting out of breath, sore, or overly tired. |
Chronic disease | is a disease that develops gradually and continues over a long period of time. A chronic disease can take a long time to treat. |
Health-related fitness | describes qualities that are needed to maintain and promote a healthy body. |
Resting heart rate (RHR) | is the number of times the heart beats per minute while at rest, such as just before you get up from a good night's sleep. |
target heart rate zone | a heart rate range within which the most gains in cardiorespiratory health will occur |
FITT | a formula made up of four important parts involved in fitness training; frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise. |
repetitions | the number of times an exercise is performed. |
set | a fixed number of repetitions followed by a rest period. |
dehydration | a state in which the body has lost more water than has been taken in |
overtraining | a condition that occurs as a result of exceeding the recommendations of the FITT formula |
dietary supplement | any product that is taken by mouth that can contain a dietary ingredient and is also labeled as a dietary supplement |
anabolic steroid | a synthetic version of the male hormone testosterone used for promoting muscle development |
sleep deprivation | a lack of sleep |
circadian rhythm | the body's internal system for regulating sleeping and waking patterns |
insomnia | an inability to sleep, even if one is physically exhausted |
sleep apnea | a sleeping disorder characterized by interruptions of normal breathing patterns during sleep. |