pe midterm

type 2 diabetes is associated with

obesity

Cardiorespiratory endurance is the body capacity to deliver ________ to the exercising tissues

oxygen

The ability to adapt and respond favorably to physical effort or the ability to meet the ordinary and unusual demands of daily life safely and effectively with energy left over for leisure and recreational activity is termed

physical fitness

Low back pain is associated with

poor posture, improper body mechanics, and physical inactivity.

A Body Mass Index of 18 is considered __

underweight

For most sedentary Americans, the best activity to start a conditioning program is:

walking

A constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy achieve the highest potential for well-being is best defined as

wellness

"Normal" blood pressure is considered to be _______ mm Hg, while the level of blood pressure associated with longevity (living longer) is ____________ mm Hg.

120/80 100/70

The recommendation for increasing walking duration is

: 5 minutes per session each week.

The return blood flow to the heart by the veins is most influenced by

: Contraction of the skeletal muscles

For any physiological (body) system (cardiovascular, muscular endurance, muscular strength or flexibility) to improve, it must be systematically made to perform more work than it is accustomed to performing. This is the principle of:

overload

Maintain cardiovascular fitness

through aerobic activity

wheat flour is not

whole grain food

Benefits of cardio-respiratory program include,

, a decrease in resting heart rate, decreased resting blood pressure, an increase in oxygen consumption, and a decreased recovery times following exercise

Which of the following is a benefit of fitness and wellness?

Decreased time it takes for the heart rate to return to normal after exercise.

Muscular strength is

The ability of a muscle to exert maximum force against a resistance

When cycling, one must travel __________________times the distance at a rate of speed that is _______________times the speed of jogging to compensate for the lower amount of muscle used in the activity and to burn approximately the same amount of calories.

3,2

To reduce one's risk of cardiovascular disease, males should not have a waist circumference greater than ____________inches while women should not have a waist circumference greater than _________________ inches

40, 35

When setting up a program to develop cardiorespiratory endurance, the acronym FIT stands for....

Frequency, intensity, time in activity

the dimension most commonly associated with being healthy

Physical wellness

The term wellness

be defined as a state of optimal health and well-being, not simply the absence of illness, but an improved quality of life

Stopping abruptly following aerobic exercise

can cause faintness and dizziness, May cause cardiac abnormalities, and Causes blood to pool in the exercised body parts

vitamins

do not supply the body with energy

A health-related physical fitness component is

flexibility

When selecting weight training exercises, one should perform exercises that use _____________muscle groups before _______________muscle groups.

large, small

The ability of a muscle to exert submaximal force repeatedly over time is called

muscular endurance

There are _____ classes of essential nutrients that your body must get from food because it is unable to manufacture them or can't manufacture enough to meet your physiological needs.

6

For cardiorespiratory endurance development, cycling pedal revolutions are optimally maintained in the range of _____ revolutions per minute

60-100

For young and middle-aged adults ________ is the single most important physical fitness component for enhancing and maintaining good health

cardiorespiratory endurance