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health9 vocab
health vocab
Question | Answer |
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Physical Fitness | the ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserve energy to respond to unexpected demands |
Flexibility | the ability to move a body part through a full range of motion |
Muscular Endurance | the ability of the muscles to do difficult physical tasks over a period of time without causing fatigue |
Isotonic | activity that combines muscle contraction with repeated movement |
Aerobic | vigorous activity in which oxygen is continuously taken in for a period of at least 20 minutes |
Isometric | activity that uses muscle tension to improve muscular strength with little or no movement of the body part |
Basal Metabolism | the minimum amount of energy required to maintain the life processes in a body |
Cool down | engaging in activity to gradually decrease activity |
Warm-up | engaging in activity that prepares the muscles for the worth that is to come |
Overload | working the body harder than it is normally worked |
Cross-training | combining various exercise routines to help work different body systems |
Resting heart rate | the number of times your heart beats in one minute when you are not active |