PE definitions

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  • Created on: 10-04-13 14:33
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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Agility
The ability to change the position of the body quickly and to control the movement of the whole body.
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Anabolic Steroids
Drugs that mimic the male sex hormone testosterone and promote bone and muscle growth.
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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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Balance
The ability to retain the body’s centre of mass (gravity) above the base of support with reference to static (stationary), or dynamic (changing), conditions of movement, shape and orientation.
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Balanced diet
A diet which contains an optimal ratio of nutrients.
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Beta Blockers
Drugs that are used to control heart rate and that have a calming and relaxing effect.
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Blood Pressure
The force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of the blood vessels.
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Body Composition
The percentage of body weight which is fat, muscle and bone
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Cardiac Output
The amount of blood ejected from the heart in one minute
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CV Fitness
The ability to exercise the entire body for long periods of time.
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Coordination
The ability to use two or more body parts together
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Diuretics
Drugs that elevate the rate of bodily urine excretion
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Ectomorph
A somatotype, individuals with narrow shoulders and narrow hips, characterised by thinness.
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Endomorph
A somatotype, individuals with wide hips and narrow shoulders, characterised by fatness.
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Erythropoietin (EPO)
A type of peptide hormone that increases the red blood cell count
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Exercise
A form of physical activity done to maintain or improve health and/or physical fitness, it is not competitive sport
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Fitness
The ability to meet the demands of the environment
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FITT
Frequency, intensity, time, type (used to increase the amount of work the body does, in order to achieve overload)
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Flexibility
The range of movement possible at a joint.
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Health
A state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
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Healthy active lifestyle
A lifestyle that contributes positively to physical, mental and social wellbeing, and which includes regular exercise and physical activity
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Isometric Contraction
Muscle contraction which results in increased tension but the length does not alter, for example, when pressing against a stationary object.
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Isotonic Contraction
Muscle contraction that results in limb movement.
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Joint
A place where two or more bones meet.
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Mesomorph
A somatotype, individuals with wide shoulders and narrow hips, characterised by muscularity
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Methods Of Training
Interval training, continuous training, circuit training, weight training, Fartlek training, cross training
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Muscular Endurance
The ability to use voluntary muscles many times without getting tired.
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Muscular Strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance.
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Narcotics Analgesics
Drugs that can be used to reduce the feeling of pain.
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Obese
A term used to describe people who are very overfat.
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Overfat
A way of saying you have more body fat than you should have.
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Overload
Fitness can only be improved through training more than you normally do.
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Overweight
Having weight in excess of normal (not harmful unless accompanied by overfatness).
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Oxygen Debt
The amount of oxygen consumed during recovery above that which would have ordinarily been consumed in the same time at rest (this results in a shortfall in the oxygen available).
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Power
The ability to do strength performances quickly (power = strength x speed).
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Progressive Overload
To gradually increase the amount of overload so that fitness gains occur, but without potential for injury.
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Reaction Time
The time between the presentation of a stimulus and the onset of a movement.
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Reversibility
Any adaptation that takes place as a consequence of training will be reversed when you stop training
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Recovery
The time required for the repair of damage to the body caused by training or competition.
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SMART
Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound.
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Specificity
Matching training to the requirements of an activity.
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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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Stimulants
Drugs that have an effect on the central nervous system, such as increased mental and/or physical alertness.
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Stroke Volume
The volume of blood pumped out of the heart by each ventricle during one contraction.
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Underweight
Weighing less than is normal, healthy or required.
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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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Agility

Card 3

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Drugs that mimic the male sex hormone testosterone and promote bone and muscle growth.

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Card 4

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‘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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Card 5

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The ability to retain the body’s centre of mass (gravity) above the base of support with reference to static (stationary), or dynamic (changing), conditions of movement, shape and orientation.

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