Exercise and Physical Fitness
resting heart rate
According to the text, one way to measure an individual's cardiorespiratory fitness is to measure the:
lean, fat
Body composition is examined with regards to ____ mass in proportion to body ____.
true
Evaluating your fitness level will help you establish attainable fitness goals.
twelve
How many minutes must the target heart rate be maintained in order for aerobic exercise to be beneficial?
false
Increasing the intensity of an exercise will increase the strength of a muscle.
true
Increasing the intensity of an exercise will increase the strength of a muscle.
true
Muscles and joints that can move through their full range of motion are more powerful, more coordinated, and less likely to be injured.(true or false)
aerobic exercise
One of the best ways to improve cardiorespiratory fitness is to participate in:
circulatory, respratory, and muscular
Physical fitness involves the proper functioning of which body systems?
stretching, flexible
Regular participation in ____ exercises increases circulation, making muscles and joints more ____.
strengh
The ability of a muscle to exert force is:
cardiorespiratory fitness
The ability of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems to efficiently transfer oxygen and nutrients to skeletal muscles is known as:
good eating habits
The basis for physical fitness is ____
the skin caliplier
The less technical means of measuring body fat is called ____
hydrostatic weighing
The most technical means of measuring body fat is called ____
variables
There are four _______ in planning an exercise program.
participate in aerobic exercise of moderate intensity for 30 minutes three to four times a week
To improve cardiorespiratory fitness, a person should:
slow twich
To increase the amount of ____ fibers in a muscle, you need to exercise at low intensity for increasingly longer periods of time.
fast twitch
Which kind of muscle fibers contract rapidly?
slow twitch
Which kind of muscle fibers enable the muscles to exert force for a long period of time?
Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition are measurements of physical fitness.
Which of the following are means of measuring physical fitness?
diet and exercise
Your body composition can be changed by altering two factors, ____
endomorphic
____ are short and stout.
mesomorphs
____ have bodies that are of normal height and are well built.
ectomorphs
____ have bodies that are tall and thin.
lactic acid
a product of anaerobic exercise
duration
amount of time needed to perform an exercise
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
an energy molecule produced when oxygen reacts with glucose
flexability
demonstrates the possible range of motion of muscles, joints, and ligaments.
anaerobic
exercise that does not require the use of oxygen to metabolize energy
frequency
how often an exercise is performed
intensity
level of effort needed to perform an exercise
Cardiorespiratory fitness
the ability of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems to efficiently transfer oxygen and nutrients to skeletal muscles.
mode
type of exercise
aerobic
with oxygen
anarobic
without oxygen
