Physical education vocabulary

1. Getting in shape=GIS
2. 5 fitness components:
1. Cardiorespiratory endurance
2.muscular strength
3.muscular endurance
4. Flexibility
5.body composition
3. respiratory= breathing
4. endurance= being able to keep going even when it's hard.
5. aero=air
6. obic=life
7. cardio= heart
8. Cardiorespiratory endurance= the ability of the circulatory and respiratory
system to apply oxygen during sustained physical activity.
9. How long do I need to do physical activity in order to work my cardio? At
least 20 minutes
10. Flexibility the ability to bend and move the joints through the full range of motion
11. How long do I need to stretch in order to stretch my muscles properly? At
least 30 seconds.
12. Does stretching help minimize or prevent injuries? Yes
13. Does stretching relax your body? Yes
14. FITT
F= frequency is how often you will perform physical activity
I= intensity is how hard you will perform physical activity
T= times is how long you will perform physical activity
T= type is the kind of physical activities you will perform to develop a
fitness component or obtain a specific benefit.
15. Static stretching is held in a challenging but comfortable position for a period of time,
usually somewhere between 30 to 60 seconds.
16. Dyma,ic stretching a stretch is performed by ,moving through a challenging but
comfortable range of motion repeatedly, usually 10 to 12 times.
17. Passive stretching means you're using some sort of outside assistance to help you
achieve a stretch. (thus assistance could be your body weight, a strap, leverage, gravity,
another person, or a stretching device.)
18. Active stretching means you're stretching a muscle by actively contracting the muscle
in opposition to the one you're stretching. You do not use your body weight, a strap,
leverage, gravity another person, or a stretching device with active stretching,
19. Ligament a short band of though, flexible fibrous connective tissue with connects two
bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.(bone to bone)
20. Tendon a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle
to a bone(muscle to bone)
21. Cartridge is a flexible connective tissue that keeps joint motion fluid by coating the
surfaces of the bones in our joints and by cushioning bones against impact.