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| What’s the difference between physical activity (P.A.) and exercise? |
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Definition
| physical activity is any movement of the body produced by a skeletal muscle that results in exercise expenditure, includes all physical movement regardless of level of energy expenditure; exercise is a planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more componenets of physical fitness. |
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| Physical activity recommendations (CDC, WHO, etc.) |
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Definition
| CDC recommends an increase in activity will increase benefits, formal programs, and caloric minimums; WHO Guidelines recommend 30minutes of pa to prevent disease, 60 minutes to lose weight, and 90 minutes to maintian weight loss |
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Principles of Physical Training-
specificity |
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Definition
| body adapts to specific stress put on it |
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| Principles of PhysicalTraining - reversibility |
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Definition
| use it or lose it; lose all of performance gains in 6 months(for average person) |
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| Principles of Physical Training - Individual Differences |
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Definition
| genetics; body just not built for everything |
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| Principles of Physical Training- Diminishing Returns |
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Definition
| the better you get at something the harder it is to improve |
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| Principles of Physical Training- Diminishing Returns |
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| the better you get at something the harder it is to improve |
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Principles of Physical Training-
progressive overload |
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| body adapts to unusual stress; can't just do minimum b/c it's not unusual |
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| Principles of Physical Training- accomodation |
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Definition
| decrease in training gains caused by unchanged training stemulus; if keep same routine, stop progressing |
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| Principles of Physical Training - understand the 3 dimensions of overload (frequency, duration, intensity) |
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Definition
| frequency is how often you do something (days per week); duration is how long you're doing something; intensity is what % of your maximum capability are you working |
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