Why does weight training improve muscular strength more than cardiorespiratory fitness?
Weight training is a targeted exercise program that generally focuses on muscle building exercises, which leads to greater muscle strength. Cardiorespiratory exercises are typically sustained activities that improve, among others, one's heart and lung functions.
What are the features of general adaptation syndrome?
The general adaptation syndrome consists of three stages: alarm reaction (initial fight-or-flight response), resistance (body attempts to adapt), and exhaustion (resources depleted if stress continues).
Which of the following activities requires special equipment?A.calisthenicsB.walkingC.surfingD.yoga
Compare and contrast eustress with distress.
Eustress is positive stress that is usually short-term and can motivate, energize, or inspire a person. Distress is negative stress that feels overwhelming or unmanageable and can interfere with health and daily functioning. Both involve the body’s stress response, but they differ in whether the stress is helpful or harmful.
Discuss why it is important to evaluate an exercise program in which you want to participate.
It is important to match exercise programs to your goals, interests, and physical limitations.
How can stress actually be a good thing?
The body's initial reaction to stress keeps you alert, gives you a burst of energy, and allows you to face the challenge. It can protect you from harm and motivate you during the incident. It can also sharpen your concentration.
What is the purpose of an action plan?
The purpose of an action plan is to organize the specific steps, resources, and deadlines needed to reach a goal and to track progress toward completing it.
Explain the process of creating an effective list of tasks to accomplish a goal.
Define the goal, break it into smaller specific tasks, put the tasks in logical order, assign deadlines, and track progress by completing or revising tasks as needed.
Which of the six main motivating factors in lifetime fitness is most important? Justify your response.
The six main motivating factors in lifetime fitness are knowledge, discipline, support, time management, enjoyment, and success. Students should feel free to choose any of these factors to defend as most important so long as they can provide sufficient justification.
Why is it important to set realistic goals?
Realistic goals are achievable within a person’s abilities, resources, and time. They reduce discouragement and make success more likely.
Grace goes to the doctor. The doctor tells Grace that while her chronological age is 24, her physiological age is 30. What factors could account for this discrepancy?
Grace's advanced physiological age is a sign that her physical health has diminished since a healthy person should either have the same chronological and physiological age or a lower physiological age. The factors that could cause her physiological age to be greater than her chronological age include, among others, a poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, great amounts of stress, chronic illness, and other negative health factors.
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