A form of physical activity which maintains or improves health and/or physical fitness.
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Health
A state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Fitness
Ability to meet the demands of the environment.
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Performance
How well a task is completed.
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Cardio-vascular Fitness
The ability to exercise the entire body for long periods of time.
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Muscular Strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance.
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Muscular Endurance
The ability to use the voluntary muscles many times without getting tired.
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Flexibility
The range of movement at a joint.
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Body Composition
The percentage of body weight that is fat, muscle and bone.
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Power
The ability to undertake strength performances quickly.
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Coordination
The ability to use two or more body parts together.
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Reaction Time
The time between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of movement.
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Agility
The ability to change the position of the body quickly and to control the movement of the whole body.
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Balance
The ability to retain the center of mass of the body above the base of support with reference to static, dynamic conditions of movement, shape and orientation.
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Speed
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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Aerobic
'With oxygen'. If exercise is not too fast and is steady, the heart can supply all the oxygen muscles need.
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Anaerobic
'Without oxygen'. If exercise is done in short, fast bursts, the heart cannot supply blood and oxygen to muscles as fast as the cells use them.
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Heart Rate
The number of times the heart beats per minute.
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Resting Heart Rate
Your HR at rest. Normally between 60-80bpm. The fitter you are the lower your RHR will be- your heart is more efficient at pumping the same amount of blood around the body with fewer beats.
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Working Heart Rate
HR during/immediately after exercise. This is an accurate guide to the Intensity of the exercise.
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Recovery Rate
How long it takes for a person's HR to return to it's RHR after training. The quicker this happens the fitter the person is.
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Vitamin A
Aids vision.
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Vitamin B
Release carbohydrates.
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Vitamin C
Healing and fighting infection. Maintenance of bones, teeth and gums.
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Vitamin D
Healthy Bones.
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Vitamin E
Growth and personal development.
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Endomorph
An individual with wide hips and narrow shoulders, characterized by fatness.
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Mesomorph
An individual with wide shoulders and narrow hips, characterized by muscularity.
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Ectomorph
An individual with narrow shoulders and narrow hips, characterized by thinness.
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Somatotype
Classification of body type.
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Anorexia
A prolonged eating disorder due to the loss of appetite.
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Obese
Used to describe people who are very overfat.
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Overfat
Having body fat in excess of the normal.
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Overweight
Having weight in excess of normal (not harmful unless accompanied by overfatness).
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Underweight
Weighing less than normal, healthy or required.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Health
Card 3
Front
Ability to meet the demands of the environment.
Back
Card 4
Front
How well a task is completed.
Back
Card 5
Front
The ability to exercise the entire body for long periods of time.
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