Section 1: A Healthy, Active Lifestyle (Physical Education)

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Healthy, active lifestyle

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a lifestyle that contributes positively to physical, social and mental well being, and includes regular exercise and physical activity

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Influence

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An influence is something that has an impact on what you do, so that it effects your behavior or thoughts/feelings towards something.

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Culture

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A set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a group

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Stereotypes

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These are commonly held, oversimplified, pre-conceived ideas about a person or group. They can be positive or negative

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Initiative

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This is an idea or a plan that is put forward to address an issue

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Health

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A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

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Fitness

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The ability to meet the demands of the environment

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Exercise

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A form of physical activity done to maintain or improve health and/or physical fitness; it is not competitive sport.

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Performance

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how well a task it completed

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Cardio vascular fitness

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the ability to exercise the entire body for long periods of time

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Muscular strength

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the amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance

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Muscular endurance

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the ability to use voluntary muscles many times without getting tired

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Body Composition

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the percentage of body weight which is fat, muscle and bone

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Flexibility

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the range of movement possible at a joint

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Speed

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the differential rate at which an individual is able to perform a movement or cover a distance in a period of time

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Reaction time

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The time between a presentation of a stimulus and the onset of a movement

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Agility

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the ability to change the position of the body quickly and to control the movement of the whole body

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Coordination

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This refers to the ability to use two or more body parts together

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Power

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the ability to do strength performances quickly

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PAR-Q

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A physical activity readiness questionnaire, this is a series of questions that should be asked before engaging in increased levels of physical activity to ensure there are not health issues that should be taking into account when planning intensity of exercise

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Principles of training

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A set of ideas/values that should be followed in order to make training effective

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Target Zone

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this provides the range of heart rate values the performer should work within in order for training intensity to be effective

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Recovery rate

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this is the amount of time it takes for the heart rate to return to 'normal' resting level after excerise

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Macronutirent

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Nutrients that are required in large quantities in our diet, e.g. carbohydrates

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Micronutrients

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Nutrients that are required in small quantities in our diet, e.g. minerals

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Redistribution of blood flow

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Vasoconstriction or vasodilation of blood vessels to alter rate of blood flow through them to control quantities of blood going to different parts of the body,

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Vasoconstriction

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Contraction of the muscular wall of the arteriole to reduce blood flow through the vessel

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Vasodilation

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Relation of the muscular wall of the arteriole to increase the blood flow through the vessel