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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Physical Fitness | is a general state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports or occupations |
| Body Composition | is used to describe the percentages of fat, bone, water and muscle in human bodies |
| Flexibility | refers to the absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints, and length in muscles that cross the joints to induce a bending movement or motion. |
| Muscular Strength | is defined as the maximum amount of force that a muscle can exert against some form of resistance in a single effort |
| Muscular Endurance | is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to repeatedly exert force against resistance |
| Cardiorespiratory Endurance | is a measurement of how well your heart, lungs and muscles work together to keep your body active over an extended period of time |
| Sedentary Lifestyle | is a type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity |
| Metabolism | is a term that is used to describe all chemical reactions involved in maintaining the living state of the cells and the organism |
| Aerobic Exercise | is sometimes known as "cardio"- exercise that requires pumping of oxygenated blood by the heart to deliver oxygen to working muscles |
| Anaerobic Excersice | is short-lasting, high-intensity activity, where your body's demand for oxygen exceeds the oxygen supply available |
| Calories | are units of energy |
| Isokinetic Exercise | is a type of strength training in which specialized machines, or dynamometers, maintain a constant speed of movement |
| Isotonic Exercise | is one method of muscular exercise. In contrast, isometric exercise is when muscular contractions occur without movement of the involved parts of the body |
| Isometric Exercise | are a type of strength training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction |
| Basal Metabolism | is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state |
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