Cardiovascular endurance

Cardiovascular endurance strengthening activities are especially beneficial for your heart, digestion, and lungs.

• True

• False

The benefit of cardiovascular endurance training is it increases your blood pressure.

• True

• False

The heart muscle of a fit, active person pumps less blood per heartbeat than that of a less active person.

• True

• False

Which is not a component of health-related physical fitness?

• Body composition

• Flexibility

• Balance

• Cardiovascular endurance

The primary advantage of health-related fitness is....

• Decrease risk of disease

• A good appearance

• Excellence in sports

• Increase work efficiency

Running and swimming are both ways to improve your....

• Flexibility

• Muscular strength

• Cardiovascular endurance

• Body composition

Cardiovascular endurance is....

• The elasticity of muscle groups

• The body's ability to do several different tasks at one time

• The ability to sustain physical activity, which improves on fitness of the circulatory and respiratory systems

• The body's ability to develop strong muscles

Out of the five components of health-related fitness, __________is the most vital physical fitness.

Doing aerobic exercises improve the lungs, enabling deeper and less frequent breathing.

• True

• False

1. A benefit of aerobic exercise is healthier blood vessels, which:

• Improve muscular strength

• Increase blood pressure

• Lower risk of atherosclerosis

• Develop blood clots