Chapter 5 fitness for life

target ceiling

c. upper limit of your physical activity

The preferred standard used to rate fitness based on health is called a

criterion-referenced standard.

specificity:

exercising for one fitness part

Age, maturation, heredity, and the environment are

factors that affect your physical fitness.

This correct range of physical activity is called your

fitness target zone,

FITT Formula

frequency, intensity, time, and type.

if you achieve this fitness rating, you're probably at the level of fitness you need in order to live a full, healthy life.

good fitness

progression

gradual increase of exercise

intensity

how hard you perform physical activity

overload

performing more exercise than you normally do

The diagram with five steps that helps you understand the types of physical activity is called

physical activity pyramid

The minimum amount of overload needed to achieve physical fitness is called the

threshold of training.