Mccurdy Fitness For Life Ch. 1.2 & Guidelines For Warming Up & Cooling Down

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The ability of the body systems to work together efficiently.

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Physical Fitness

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Freedom from disease.

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Health

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A state of being that enables you to reach your fullest potential.

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Wellness

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1. Intellectual

2. Social

3. Physical

4. Emotional-mental

5. Spiritual.

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The total health and wellness chain or the links in the health and wellness chain.

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1. Cardiorespiratory Fitness

2. Strength

3. Muscular Endurance

4. Flexibility

5. Body Composition

6. Power

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Health Related Physical Fitness

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The ability to exercise your entire body for a long time without stopping.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness

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The amount of force your muscles can produce.

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Strength

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The ability to use your muscles many times without tiring or to hold one contraction for a long period of time.

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Muscular Endurance

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The ability to use your joints fully through a wide range of motion without injury.

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Flexibility

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Refers to the different types of tissues that make up your body, including fat, muscles, bone, and organs.

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Body Composition

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The ability to use strength quickly (involves strength and speed)

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Power

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1. Balance

2. Coordination

3. Speed

4. Reaction Time

5. Agility.

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Skill related physical fitness

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The ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or moving.

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Balance

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The ability to use your senses together with your body parts or to use two or more body parts together.

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Coordination

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The ability to perform a movement or cover a distance in a short time.

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Speed

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The amount of time it takes you to move once you recognize the need to act.

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Reaction Time

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The ability to change the position of your body quickly and control your body's movements.

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Agility

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Assessing your fitness to measure your current fitness and physical activity in order to help you learn where you need to improve and making plans to do so.

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Self-Assessment

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1. Try a variety of tests.

2. Choose self-assessments that work best for you.

3. Practice

4. Use self-assessments for personal improvement.

5. Use health standards rather than comparing yourself to others.

6. Information from self-assessments is personal.

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Guidelines to Self-Assessment

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Warm-up, workout, & cool-down

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three phases of physical activity

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Activity you perform before a workout in order to be ready for it.

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warm-up

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The main part of your activity session.

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Workout

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It can involve exercise to build fitness, participation, in a competitive event, or activity done for fun.

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Workout

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The activity you perform after your workout to help you recover.

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Cool-down

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Some recent research has raised questions about whether the traditional ______________ warm-up really prevents injury.

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Stretching

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The best evidence now suggests that your _________ can vary depending on the workout you plan to perform.

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warm-up

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You don't need to perform a warm-up prior to a workout of _________________.

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low to moderate intensity

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Walking or slow jogging are examples of workouts of ____________.

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low to moderate intensity

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ACSM

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American College of Sports Medicine

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The ACSM recommends 5 to 10 minutes of general warm-up involving low- to moderate-intensity physical activity prior to _______________.

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vigorous workout or competition

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NSCA

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National Strength and Conditioning Association

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The NSCA recommends a series of dynamic exercises prior to a workout or competition that requires __________________.

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strength, speed, or power.

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A stretching warm-up may be performed prior to a workout or competition, including activities that require strength, speed, and power, if the stretch is NOT ____________.

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held too long

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Stretching exercises used build flexibility, rather than for warming up, are best performed as a __________________________.

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separate part of your workout

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After a workout, your body needs to recover from the demands of physical activity; to aid this process, ACSM recommends a ________________ after a vigorous workout.

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cool-down of 5 to 10 minutes

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Usually consists of slow to moderate activity, such as walking or slow jogging, that allows your heart and muscles to gradually recover.

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Cool-down

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It helps prevent dizziness and fainting after vigorous exercise.

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Cool-down

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A health problem caused partly by lack of physical activity.

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hypokinetic condition

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Heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis, colon cancer, and a high body fat level.

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hypokinetic conditions

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You don't have to be a great athlete in order to enjoy good health and wellness and to be ___________.

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physically fit

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Regular physical activity can improve anyone's ______________.

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health related physical fitness