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Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Exam #1well answered to pass
Wellness - correct answer ✔✔A state of optimal health that encompasses all the dimensions of well-
being
can be achieved by practicing physical activity, proper nutrition, emotional/spiritual balance, and
eliminating unhealthy behaviors
8 components of wellness - correct answer ✔✔Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Spiritual, Social,
Environmental, Occupational, Financial
Healthy People 2020 - correct answer ✔✔set of wellness goals established by US government
The goals are to improve quality, and longer lives, reducing the risk of injury and premature death,
achieving health equity, eliminating disparities, and improving the health of all groups.
Physical Activity - correct answer ✔✔All physical movement, regardless of the level of energy expended
or reason
can involve occupational, lifestyle, or leisure
Exercise - correct answer ✔✔A type of leisure-time physical activity; performed in order to enhance
health or fitness
involves planned, structured, and relatively high intensity activities
benefits: reduced risked of disease, increased bone mass, delayed aging, increased longevity, improved
psychological well-being
, 5 components of physical fitness - correct answer ✔✔cardiorespiratory endurance (aerobic fitness),
muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition
Cardiorespiratory Endurance - correct answer ✔✔i.e. Aerobic fitness
Key component of health-related physical fitness
Indicates heart's ability to pump blood to muscles during exercise and muscles' ability to utilize oxygen in
the blood
ability to perform aerobic exercises such as walking, swimming, jogging, or cycling, for a prolonged
period of time
Muscular Strength - correct answer ✔✔How much force a muscle (or muscle group) generates during a
single maximal contraction
based on size of muscle (primary factor) and number of muscle fibers recruited during a movement
allows optimal functioning in everyday tasks
Muscular Endurance - correct answer ✔✔Ability of muscle to generate a sub-maximal force repeatedly
pushup and sit up or curl up tests
Flexibility - correct answer ✔✔Ability to move joints freely through full range of motion
Without regular stretching, muscles and tendons shorten and become tight
Body Composition - correct answer ✔✔Relative amounts of fat and lean tissue in your body
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