NUTR100 Chapter Notes -Physical Fitness, Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, Calisthenics

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR100
• Professor: Sabina Valentine

Document Summary

Physical activity: any muscle movement that increases energy expenditure. Leisure time physical activity: any activity unrelated to a persons occupation: ex. Includes exercise purposeful, planned physical activity: physican fitness: state of being created by the interaction between nutrition and physical activity. Physical fitness includes: cardiorespiratory fitness, musculoskeletal fitness. Regular physical activity: reduces the risk of hd, stroke, high bp, reduces the risk for obesity, reduces the risk for type 2 diabetes, reduces the risk for osteoporosis, may reduce the risk of colon cancer. Despite the clear benefits of regular physical activity: more than half of all canadian adults don"t do sufficient pa. Inactivity is more prevalent in women than men and in girls more than boys: only 16% of schools offered pa classes in 2001. A sound physical fitness program: meets your personal goals. Includes variety and consistency: appropriately overloads the body. A sound physical fitness program meets your personal goals.