fitness Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
physical fitness | is a general state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities. |
body composition | is used to describe the percentages of fat, bone, water and muscle in human bodies. |
flexibility | the quality of bending easily without breaking. |
muscular strength | the maximum amount of force that a muscle can exert against some form of resistance in a single effort. |
muscular endurance | the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to repeatedly exert force against resistance. |
cardiorespiratory endurance | also known as aerobic fitness; it involves performing exercise at a moderate level of intensity for an extended period. |
sedentary lifestyle | a type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity. |
metabolism | the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
aerobic exercise | sometimes known as "cardio"- exercise that requires pumping of oxygenated blood by the heart to deliver oxygen to working muscles. |
anaerobic exercise | include weight lifting, sprinting, and jumping; any exercise that consists of short exertion, high-intensity movement, is an anaerobic exercise. |
calories | the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C |
isokinetic exercise | type of strength training in which specialized machines, or dynamometers, maintain a constant speed of movement. |
isotonic exercise | 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 | a type of strength training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction (compared to concentric or eccentric contractions, called dynamic/isotonic movements). |
basal metabolism | the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state |
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