Exam 1 Review

Understanding Health Related Physical Fitness 1. What are 8 different health reasons to exercise given in the reading? ■increases longevity ■reduces risk for heart disease ■reduces risk for diabetes ■maintains work capacity ■helps reduce high blood pressure ■helps with weight control ■increases bone mass ■psychological well-being

2. In general, in the United States, who is more inactive
a. Men or women
b. Whites or African Americans 3. Approximately what % of Americans get at least 30 min of exercise 5 days/week? ■20%-24%

4. What are the 5 components of health related physical fitness? What is the definition of each component? ■cardiorespiratory fitness: heart’s ability to pump oxygen rich blood to the exercising muscles; ability to perform endurance-type exercise ■body composition: relative amounts of fat and fat free mass ■muscular strength: maximal ability of a muscle to generate force ■muscular endurance: ability of a muscle to produce force for an extended period of time ■flexibility: ability to move joints freely through full range of motion

Principles of Training 1. Why is it important to find the balance between training and recovery?
○ crash & burn
○ overtraining syndrome
○ injury
○ ultimately have to stop training

2. Define and give an example of progressive overload.
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