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The ability for a certain group of muscles to sustain repeated contractions against a resistance over an extended amount of time |
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Special form of muscular endurance; efficiency of heart, lungs, and vascular system in delivering oxygen to the muscle tissues so that physical work can be maintained. A person’s ability to deliver oxygen to the working muscles is affected by many physiological parameters, including heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, and maximal oxygen consumption. |
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Range of movement in a joint or series of joints |
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Body Composition or Body Mass Index |
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Percentage of fat, bone, and muscle in a human body |
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When the body is synchronized; stable; balanced |
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Ability to change bodies’ position; requires balance, coordination, speed, reflexes, and strength |
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Time between presentation of sensory stimulus and behavioral response |
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Rate at which work is performed and amount of energy used; p=w/t power equals work divided by time
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Rate of motion; v=d/t ‘v’ is variable for speed=distance divided by time
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Equilibrium; center of balance is balanced
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Disease in which excess fat is stored in the body |
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Passing or traits to offspring |
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Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among the lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and in all your body's cells. It's an important part of a healthy body because it's used to form cell membranes, some hormones and is needed for other functions. But a high level of cholesterol in the blood — hypercholesterolemia — is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, which leads to heart attack. |
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Physical and biological factors influencing living conditions |
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High blood pressure (HTN or HPN) |
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Remaining inactive; not mobile |
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Increased risk of disease or infection; |
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1 kilocalorie=4184 joules; calorie; unit of energy
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being physically fit and healthy |
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agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed are at a desirable level or at optimum strength |
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how hard you feel like your body is working |
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being able to hold up a conversation while enduring a work-out
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frequency, intensity, type, and time |
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adding on weight and endurance so muscles can grow in a workout
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starting small and working up |
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goals that can be reached in a short amount of time |
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goals that exist over a long amount of time and take longer to reach |
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cumulative trauma disorder; result of repetitive micro-trauma and over use of an injured muscle or movement |
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Relative muscular strength |
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shows how many times you can lift a weight that is a certain percentage (e.g., 70 percent) of your 1-RM. Because the 1-RM (maximal strength) will change during a training program, this approach allows you to see how your muscular endurance changes as your strength increases |
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