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