Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Synovial Joint, Weight Training
4 Dec 2013
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Most important action you can take to improve wellness. Decrease impact of disease, increase energy level, increase immune function, increase emotional well-being. Reduced risk of heart-disease regular exercise strengthens the heart enables it to work more efficiently. Improved bone health weight training improves bone strength and density. Aerobics improve integrity of cartilage in synovial joints. More efficient metabolism energy generation and hormone regulation. Protect against free radical damage activates antioxidant enzymes. Improved body composition improve fat mass to fat free mass ratio. Decrease risk of death regardless of body composition, because people who exercise are less likely to die from all causes. Physical fitness a set of health or performance related attributes related to the ability to engage in pa; Ability to perform prolonged, large muscle, dynamic exercises. How well your heart/lungs/circulatory system are working. Amount of force a muscle can produce with a single maximal effort. Ability of muscle group to remain contacted and resist fatigue.
