Kinesiology 2000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Body Composition, Participaction, 9Hd

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2000A/B
• Professor: Liza Stathokostas

Document Summary

Physical activity: any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure, and increases heart rate and breathing, this is not only exercise, but can be work, chores, mowing the lawn, etc Sedentary behaviour: postures or activities that require very little movement, playing video games, sitting in a car, etc Exercise: planned, structured, repetitive, and aims to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness, a subcategory of physical activity. If you are working out towards a goal it is called "training: the language we use can effect the way people think about the exercise. Fitness: no universal agreement, performance-related fitness, 5 components of health-related fitness **probably on exam, cardiovascular endurance/cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition. Interval training is said to improve your health in in a shorter period of time. Csep guidelines for canadians: physical activity guidelines describe the amount and types of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits for.