Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Strength Training, Body Composition, Health Promotion
13 Sep 2013
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Cardiorespiratory endurance: ability to perform prolonged, large-muscle, dynamic exercise at moderate to high intensity. Muscular strength: amount of force muscle can produce with single maximum effort. Muscular endurance: ability to resist fatigue and sustain given level of muscle tension. Functional status: are you able to function in daily life without difficulty: in surveys to measure physical fitness. Flexibility: ability to move joints through their full range of motion. Body composition: proportion of fat and fat-free mass in body. Skill-related components of fitness: ability to perform sport-specific skills which can require speed, power, agility, balance, coordination, reaction time. Physical activity and exercise for health and fitness. Physical activity help boost concentration, memory, and learning in school: recommended people get up and move for 15 min for every hour of studying. Moving away and moving can make brain run better. 88% of children and youth don"t get recommended amount of physical activity everyday: amount of time children spend in gym class decreased.
