Health

Health 1. Define the following terms. • Specificity- the body adapts to the particular type and amount of stress placed it. • Reversibility- fitness improvements are list when demands on the body are lowered. • Progressive overload- fitness improves as the body adapts to appropriate amounts of progressively increasing physical demands. The amount of exercise needed is determined by the frequency, intensity, and duration of training. • Cardio respiratory endurance- the ability to perform prolonged, large-muscle, dynamic exercise at moderate to high levels of intensity. • Flexibility- the ability to move the joints through their full range of motion. • Body composition- the proportion of fat free mass and fat in the body. 2. List the benefits of Cardio respiratory endurance exercise. • Improved cardiorespiratory functioning • Improved cellular metabolism • Better control of body fat • Improved immune function • improved, body, exercise, fat, endurance, benefits, maintenance, injury, strength, respiratory, prevention, physical, muscle, intensity, health, demands, composition, cancer, ability, • unusual, thickening, relief, relaxation, eduction, reduced, progressive, prevention, obvious, nagging, indigestion, flexibility, enhanced, change, cardio, body, better