PE Fitness/Sports Concepts

Warming up and cooling down are important to:

• reduce risk of injury

• reduce risk of dehydration

• increase risk of injury

• increase risk of dehydration

Examples of ways to warm up include:

• Static stretches (holding stretches)

• Walking/jogging

• Dynamic stretches (moving stretches)

• All of these are ways to warm up.

Quadriceps muscles are located:

• front of upper leg

• front of upper arm

• back of upper leg

• back of upper arm

Hamstrings muscles are located:

• front of upper leg

• front of upper arm

• back of upper leg

• back of upper arm

Biceps muscles are located:

• front of upper leg

• back of upper leg

• front of upper arm

• back of upper arm

Triceps muscles are located:

• front of upper leg

• back of upper leg

• front of upper arm

• back of upper arm

Gastrocnemius muscle is located:

• Front of lower leg

• Back of lower leg

• Front of upper leg

• Back of upper leg

The best way to start progressing toward achieving health and fitness goals is:

• Sign up for a marathon

• make sure you get plenty of water

• develop a plan

• none of these will help with health and fitness goals

The FITT principal (elements of fitness) stands for:

• Front, Inside, Top, and Total

• Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type

• Frequently, Intermittently, Totally, and Truly

• None of these

Health related fitness is:

• elements of fitness that affect specific sports skills

• elements of fitness that predict PACER scores

• elements of fitness that affect our overall health

• all of these describe health related fitness