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Health Ch. 4A
4-1, 4-2, 4-3
Term | Definition |
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Fitness | The ability of the whole body to work together to the highest level possible |
Cardiovascular Fitness | The condition of your heart |
Resting pulse rate | Your pulse at rest, taken in the morning when you wake up |
Cardiac Output | The volume of blood pumped by the heart in one minute |
Stroke Volume | The volume of blood the heart pumps at each stroke |
Blood pressure | The measure of the resistance to blood flow in the vessels and the efficiency of circulation |
Lean body weight | The weight of the muscles of the body |
EKG | Electrocardiagram; recording the electrical impulses set off by the heart |
Lifetime Sport | Activities that you can participate in throughout your life |
Aerobic Activity | When the body demands more oxygen than normal |
Anaerobic Activity | Short bursts of energy, without the use of oxygen |
Overload | A principle of exercise that means to gradually do more than normal to improve performance. |
Progression | A principle of exercise that means to start with a little and add to it regularly as improvement is made |
Specificity | A principle of exercise that means to do specific kinds of exercises to develop certain parts of the body |
Cross training | A principle of exercise that means to vary the exercise routine |
Ergogenic aid | Something that improves physical work performance |
Cardiovascular Fitness | The first part to physical fitness |
Muscular Strength | The second part to physical fitness |
Flexibility | The third part to physical fitness |
Fat | The fourth part to physical fitness: _____ vs. Lean Body weight |