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.