FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Vo2 Max, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Composition

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

Physical activity for fitness, health and athletic performance. Physical activity: any body movement produced by the skeletal muscles that results in a substantial increase over resting energy expenditure. The benefits of regular physical activity have been known for a long time. Findings from the indicators of well-being in canada: health-physical activity show that. 54% of canadians in 2011 were moderately active or active. Only 15. 4% of adults were meeting the 150 minute recommendation. Physical fitness: the ability to respond to routine physical demands with enough reserve energy to cope with a sudden challenge. Exercise: physical activity that you plan, structure and repeat for the purpose of conditioning your body: used to maintain fitness and improve health. There are five health-related components of physical fitness: cardiorespiratory fitness: the ability of the heart to pump blood through the body efficiently so a person can sustain prolonged rhythmic activity.