Components of Exercise

What are the four segments of exercise?

Answer explanation

Integrating the components of health into the group exercise program requires a look at the overall class format.

Most types of group exercise incorporate one or more of these segments:

1. Warm-up

2. Cardiorespiratory Activity

3. Muscular Conditioning

4. Flexibility and Cool-down

This exercise segment prepares the body for the more rigorous demands of the conditioning segments.

• cardio-conditioning segment

• warm-up segment

• muscular conditioning segment

• cool-down

This segment aims to improve cardiorespiratory endurance and body composition and keep the heart rate elevated for 10-30 minutes.

• warm-up

• cardio-conditioning

• muscle conditioning

• cool-down

The segment that helps strengthen muscle groups that are not regularly or normally used in the daily routine,

promotes muscle balance and functional fitness: Focus is on balancing the use of weaker and stronger muscle groups, and

helps participants attain improved overall muscle balance.

• Warm-up

• cardio-conditioning

• muscular conditioning

• cool-down

The segment that focuses on stretching major muscle groups that have been used in the group exercise activity as well as muscles that are commonly tight safely and effectively.

• warm-up

• cardio-conditioning

• muscle conditioning

• cool-down

This segment enables metabolic waste products produced during the conditioning segments to disperse and helps the body to return to resting levels without injury.

• Warm-up

• cardio-conditioning

• muscle conditioning

• cool-down

TRUE or FALSE: The emphasis that a group exercise class gives to each health fitness component will vary depending on the objective of the class as well as the fitness level, age, health and physical skill of the participants

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: The goal of fitness professionals is to include all the components of fitness in the program but not necessarily all in one class.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the minimum time allotment for an adequate warm-up segment?

• 2 minutes

• 3 minutes

• 4 minutes

• 5 minutes

What is the minimum time for a workout's conditioning bout (cardio/muscle conditioning segment)?

• 5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 20 minutes

• 30 minutes