PATHFIT - FINALS

the study of food at work in our bodies, our source for energy, and the medium for which our nutrients can function.

solvent for all soluble ingredients in the blood and cells.

The _____________________ starts the moment we begin to digest our foods, as they are transported to assist all the metabolic processes in the human body.

T OR F:
The human body requires eight major types of nutrients.

are important but required in smaller amounts.

Not all nutrients provide energy but are still important, such as

are essential organic compounds that the human body cannot synthesize

Major Nutrient Classes

main source of energy

one source of energy and important in relation to fat soluble vitamins.

the fibrous indigestible portion of our diet essential to health of the digestive system.

those inorganic elements occurring in the body and which are critical to its normal functions.

essential to growth and repair of muscle and other body tissues.

play important roles in many chemical processes in the body.

essential to normal body function as a vehicle for carrying other nutrients

__% of human body is composed of water

It indicates that ____________________ can boost any exercise routine and affect performance and feeling of well-being while exercising.

T OR F:
The best kinds of nutrition depends on the results that a person is seeking and type of exercise being performed

According to the studies reported by the Mayo Clinic indicate that ____________ often can be improved by eating larger amounts of ________________ in the days preceding an event.

a dynamic condition resulting from a body's constant adjustment and adaptation in response to stresses and changes in the environment for maintaining an inner equilibrium called homeostasis

known as physical activity.

any movement that works your body at a greater intensity than your usual level of daily activity.

Exercise raises your ______ _______ and works your muscles and is most commonly undertaken to achieve the aim of physical fitness.

4 Basic Categories

increase your breathing and heart rate

They keep your heart, lungs and circulatory system healthy and improve your overall fitness.

Building your ____________ makes it easier to carry out many of your everyday activities.

make your muscles stronger.

They may help you stay independent and carry out everyday activities, such as climbing stairs and carrying groceries

help you not to falls, a common problem in order adults

Many lower-body strengths exercise also will improve your

stretch your muscles and can help your body stay limber.

Being __________ gives you more freedom of movement for other exercise as well as for your everyday activities.

3 Types of Exercises

Consist of a gradual increase in intensity in physical activity, joint mobility exercise and stretching, followed by the activity

brings the body to a condition at which it safely responds to nerve signals for quick and efficient action.

refers to exercises that increase your strength, speed, endurance or any other physical attribute.

can trim fat, increase muscle tone and prepare your body for the rigor of sports.

Virtually every exercise you do at home or in the gym is a form of ______ _____________, but you should design balanced workouts to get the most of your routine.

2 Types of Conditioning Exercises

is to use large muscles for extended period of time, increasing your cardiovascular endurance in the process.

sometime called metabolic conditioning

involves short, intense workouts that use fast-twitch muscles such as burpees, jump rope, jumping jacks and squat thrusts.

also known as “warm down”

an easy exercise, done after a more intense activity, to allow the body to gradually transition to a resting or near-resting state.

Depending on the intensity of the exercise, cooling down can involve a _______ or ______. With lower intensities, __________ can be used.

Principles of Exercise Program

This principle maintains that no two individuals will benefit from exercise exactly the same way physically or psychologically.

A principle of exercise that states that specific kinds of exercises must be done to develop specific aspects of the body and specific aspects of fitness.

The adaptation of the body or change in physical fitness is specific to the type of training undertaken. Exercising a certain body part, component of the body, or particular skill primarily develops that part or skill.

a training principle used to create personal training program to improve physical fitness, skill and performance.

The principle implies that for athletes to improve their fitness levels, they must continually increase the physical demands to reach an optimum level of overload

A principle of exercise that states that the only way to improve fitness is to increase over time.

This can mean increasing the amount of resistance, increasing the amount of time, or increasing the speed.

Refers to the process of the getting accustomed to a particular exercise or training program through repeated exposure.

requires recovery time.

It is essential in any exercise to allow for repair and renewal of the body

This principle states that if you don’t maintain a regular program, your state of physical fitness will regress.

Is any physical exercises of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process.

Refers to the use of oxygen’s to adequately meet energy demands during exercise via aerobic metabolism.

are one of the best and most important factors for body fitness and those who do aerobics regularly get extended lifespan with great working capacity and decreased risk of coronary artery diseases, blood pressure issues, cancer and diabetes

incorporate interval training – alternating just and slow rhythms help improve cardiovascular fitness.

is an aerobic activity recommended for most healthy adult by the Department of Health and Human Services.

isn’t considered aerobic exercise

some research finds it can be just as good as aerobics exercise for improving health.

Side Effects of Overexercising

Rigorous and regular aerobics causes muscular pain in chest, shoulder, calf muscles, hips and thighs

Can cause a person to feel dizzy after a workout. Its occur when people push themselves too hard during physical activity.

Can cause temporary damage in delicate joints leading to several bone health issues such as arthritis, osteoporosis, low bone.