Health Ch. 3 Vocab.
blood pooling
a condtion, following exercise, in which blood collects in the large veins of the legs and lower body, especially when the exercise is stopped abruptly
physical activity zealot
a person who is addicted to a physical activity or exercise program
warm-up
a variety of low-intensity activies that are designed to prepare your body for moderate to vigorous activities
active warm-up
a warm-up that attempts to raise the body temperature by actively involving the muscular, skeletal and cardiovascular systems
passive warm-up
a warm-up that raises the body temperature using outside heat sources such as blankets and hot baths
muscle/skeletal warm-up
a warm-up that usually involves a series of static body stretches
personal fitness prescription
an exercise of physical activity plan that includes frequency, intensity, time/duration, mode and other factors
overuse injury
an injury caused by doing too much, too soon, too often in an exercise program
overtraining
being too active or exercisinf too musch; leads to overuse injuries and addictive behaviors
conditioning
engaging in regular physical activity or exercise that results in an important and improved state of physical fitness
perceived exertion
how hard a person feels he or she is working during physical activity or exercise
intensity
in a personal fitness prescription, how hard you work
frequency
in a personal fitness prescription, how often you work
time/duration
in a personal fitness prescription, the length of time you work
acute
occuring over a short time
chronic
occuring over an extended time
specificity principle
states that improvements in your personal fitness will occur in the particular muscles that you overload during physical activity or exercise
overload principle
states that to improve your level of physical fitness, you must increase the amount of activity or exercise that you normally do
static body stretches
stretches that are done slowly, smoothly and in a sustained fashion
talk test
test that uses a person's ease or difficulty in carryng on a converstation while engages in physical activity to measure exercise intensity
dose
the amount of frequency of an activity or substance
plateau effect
the leveling off of physical fitness improvement in a personal fitness program
detraining
the loss of health and fitness benefits when a personal fitness program is stopped
maximum heart rate
the maximum number of times your heart can beat in a minute
heart rate
the number of times your heart can beat in a minute
trainability
the rate at which a person improves personal fitness following physical activity; determined by genetic makeup
progression principle
the rate at which you change FIT of your personal fitness prescription
FIT
the three components of the overload principle- frequency, intensity and time/duration
mode
the type of activity or exercise you do in a personal fitness prescription
cross train
to vary activities and exercises from day to day to prevent detraining, especially after an injury
