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Physical Education Vocabulary
Physical Education Vocabulary
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PE Vocabulary
GETTING IN SHAPE= GIS
5 FITNESS COMPONENTS:
1. Cardiorespiratory Endurance
2. Muscular Strength
3. Muscular Endurance
4. Flexibility
5. Body Composition
3. RESPIRATORY = breathing
5. AERO=Air
6. OBIC=life
7. CARDIO = HEART
10. FLEXIBILITY The ability to bend and move the joints through the full range of motion.
At least 30 seconds
12. DOES STRETCHING HELP MINIMIZE OR PREVENT INJURIES? Yes
14. FITT
challenging but comfortable position for a period of time, usually some here between 30 to 60
seconds.
17. Passive stretching means you're using some sort of outside assistance to help you
achieve a stretch. (This assistance crld 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, you relax the muscle
you're trying to stretch and rely on the opposing
19. Ligament a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two
bones or cartilages or holds together ant. (Bone to Bone)
20. Tendon a flexible but one stic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a
bone. (Muscle to bone)
21. Cartilage 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.