Fitness Vocabulary

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Fitness Vocabulary

• Fold your paper Hot Dog style
• Tear 5 folds.
• Write the following terms on the outside
• of each flap.
• 1. Obesity
• 2. Basal Metabolic Rate,
• 3. Sedentary
• 4. Aerobic Exercise
• 5. Anaerobic Exercise.

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Fitness Vocabulary

• Obesity Body weight that is 20 or more over
• desirable weight.
• Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) The number of
  calories
• the body uses at rest. Metabolism.
• Sedentary Inactive lifestyle
• Aerobic Exercise Vigorous, rhythmic that
  improves
• cardio-respiratory endurance and body
  composition.
• Anaerobic Exercise Exercise in which the bodys
  
• demand for oxygen is greater than what is
  available
• during exertion.

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Components of Fitness

• 1. Flexibility The range of movement of
• the joints.
• 2. Muscle Strength The ability to exert force
  against resistance. (The greatest amount of work
  your muscles can exert at a given time).
• 3. Muscle Endurance The ability of muscles to
  keep working over a period of time without
• causing fatigue.

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Components of Fitness

• Cardiorespiratory Endurance The ability
• of the heart and lungs to deliver needed oxygen
  to the body during exercise.
• Quickly return to resting rate.

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Body Composition

• What is Body Composition?
• Body Composition is the percent of fat
• to lean muscle, bones, connective tissue, and
  water in the body.
• (Fat Non-fat components)

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How is Body Comp Tested?

• 1. Using the Body Mass Index BMI.
• This is only based on height and weight chart.
• Ineffective because muscle density is not used or
  considered when tested.

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How is body comp tested

• 2. The Skinfold Measurement consists
• of CALIPER the device used to measure
• the skin.
• 3-9 sites on the body are tested for the
  thickness of skin.
• More accurate than the BMI

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How is body comp tested

• 3. Hydrostatic Weighing
• First, the dry weight is determined, then
• the subject is submerged in water,
• exhales out, and water weight is determined.
• Most accurate way to calculate body composition.

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The 3 Body Types

• Ectomorph Tend to have a delicate and fragile
  body frame. Bones are light, joints are small,
  and muscles slight. The limbs and torso tend to
  be long and lean.
• Examples Kate Moss, Lisa Kudrow, and Seth
  Green.

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Body Types continued..

• Mesomorph has well-defined muscles
• and large bones. Their bodies tend to
• be muscular and athletic.
• Mesomorphs are able to gain muscle easily.
• Ex. Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stalone.

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Body Types Continued

• Endomorph Body tends to be round and soft
  (lacking muscle). Weight tends to be carried in
  the abdominal area.
• Examples John Goodman, Roseanne,
• and Jack Black, Bob Akers.

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FIT or FAT

• In order to survive and have proper body
  function, a person Must have fat on their body.
• What is Percent body fat?
• The percentage of the total body that is Fat.

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Where does body fat come from?

• Fat is produced by the body when an excess intake
  of calories occurs.
• Calories taken into the body first go to
• the bodys overall maintenance and its current
  level of physical activity. The
• excess energy is stored in the form of
• body fat.

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How do you lose excess fat?

• By burning more energy than an individual is
  in-taking.
• The extra stored energy (fat) in the body will be
  broken down for physical activity.

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Why do gains in weight always seem to go to the
same place?

• A persons body deposits fat according to their
  genetic code.
• Women typically store fat in thighs, waist, and
  hips.
• Men typically store fat in their abdomen.

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Essential Fat

• Required for normal physiological functioning.
  It consists of fat stored in bone marrow, heart,
  lungs, liver, etc. (9 more in women for birth)

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Storage Fat

• Accumulated in adipose tissue and acts as an
  insulator for heat provides energy for
  metabolism, and adds protection and padding for
  organs.