Fitness Terms

What is maximum heart rate (MHR)?

• the maximum number of times your heart can beat in a minute

• the maximum number of times your heart does not beat

• the zone in which your heart should be beating for a good workout

What is resting heart rate?

• the number of times your heart beats in a minute after working out

• the number of times your heart beats in a minute when at rest

• the number of times your heart beats in one minute while working out

What is cardio-respiratory endurance?

• the ability of the heart, lungs, and muscles to perform activity for a sustained period of time

• the ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert maximal force against a resistance

• the ability to bend, stretch and twist the body with ease through a full range of motion

• the amount of lean mass compared to the amount of body fat, usually expressed in terms of percent body fat

What is muscular strength?

• The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert maximal force against a resistance one time through a full range of motion

• the amount of lean mass compared to the amount of body fat

• the ability to bend stretch, and twist the body with ease through a full range of motion

What is muscular endurance?

• the ability of heart, lungs and muscles to perform activity for a sustained period of time

• the ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert maximal force against a resistance one time through a full range of motion

• the ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert a sub maximal force repeatedly over time

What is flexibility?

• the ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert maximal force against a resistance one time through a full range of motion

• the amount of lean mass compared to the amount of body fat, usually expressed in terms of percent body fat

• the ability to bend, stretch and twist the body with ease through a full range of motion

When making a goal, you should create a SMART goal. What does each letter of S.M.A.R.T. stand for?

• Specific, Mustard, Accuracy, Resting, Time

• Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely

• Sometimes, Meetings, Achieve, Relatively, Totals

In order to live a healthy and active lifestyle, one should apply the FITT Principle into their weekly workout routine. FITT is an acronym that stands for:

• Frequency, Insanity, Time and Technical
• Fitness, Intensity, Time and Type
• Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type
• Fun, Intensity, Technical, Type

What is the best definition below for INTENSITY?

• The number of days you exercise each week

• How hard you exercise

• How long you exercise

• The specific exercise you do during your workout

Gradually increasing the demands on your body from workout to workout refers to which of the following terms

• Overload

• Progression

• Physical Fitness

• Aerobic exercise