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Fitness term 2
Term | Definition |
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Frequency | How often- days a week |
Intensity | How hard-bpm |
Time | How long - in minutes |
Type | What kind |
F.I.T.T principle | Recipe for a good workout |
Pulse | The contract and expansion of your arteries |
Expansion | To get bigger ; open up |
Contraction | To get smaller; to close up; squeeeeeeze |
Zone | Range of numbers (lower limit to an upper limit) |
Target heart rate (THR) | The range of heart beats you can count during exercise. |
BPM | Beats per minute; how many beats can you count in one minute |
Principle | a scientific law |
Overload | An excessive amount |
Overload principle | Tired + 1; to exercise F.I.T.T to see greater improvements. |
Physical activity | Any movement of your body that requires |