Btec tech award sport

• what is the definition for aerobic endurance?


  Ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to working muscles during prolonged physical activity.
• what is the definition for body composition?


  Body composition refers to the proportion of fat and fat-free mass (muscle, bone, water) in the body.
• what is the definition for flexibility?

  • ability to move the joint fluently through range of motion
• what is the definition for coordination?


  the ability to move 2 or more body parts to perform a motor skill efficiently
• what is the definition for muscular endurance?


  Ability to sustain repeated muscle contractions over time.
• what is the definition for muscular strength?

  • max force (kg or N) that can be generated by a muscle 
• what is the definition for agility?

  • agility is the ability to change direction quickly and precisely without losing balance or time
• what is the definition for speed?


  distance divided by time
• what is the definition for power?


  a product of strength and speed strength x speed
• what is the definition for balance?


  Equal distribution of weight, amount, or force. the ability to maintain a centre of mass above the base of support
• what is the definition for reaction time?


  The time it takes to respond to a stimulus.
• what are the basic principles of training?

  F.I.T.T

  frequency, intensity, time, type
• what is frequency?


  the number of sessions in a week, how often it occurs
• what is intensity?


  how hard an individual will train
• what is meant by “time”?


  how long an individual will train for
• what is type?


  how an individual trains etc. training methods linked to what they want to improve
• what is the aim of FITT?


  the achieve adaptations
• what are the additional principles of training?

  SPORRAVI

  specificity, progressive overload, reversibility, rest and recovery, adaptations, variation, individual differences
• what is progressive overload?


  Gradually increasing the frequency, intensity or the time of training in order to cause adaptations
• what is specificity?


  when the training is specific to the sport, fitness component, body part and/or energy system
• what is reversibility?


  when all progress and adaptations that occurred during training are lost when training is stopped
• what is rest and recovery?


  getting the right amount of rest to allow adaptations to take place
• what is adaptations?


  adaptations is the body’s reaction to training by developing and increased ability to cope; however, adaptations actually happen during persons of rest and recovery.
• what is variation?


  different types of training methods that are still linked to what is needed to improve to allow enjoyment and to stop boredom and overuse
• what is individual differences?

  training has to be tailored to each persons goal, age, gender and training history so that the training method is suitable for them
• how do you work out Max heart rate?

  220 - age
• what is the borg scale?

  rate of perceive exertion scale
• what is 1RM?

  one rep max, the heaviest weight a person can lift just once
• what does 1RM measure?

  muscular strength
• what is 15RM?

  15 rep max, the maximum weight someone can lift 15 times
• what does 15RM measure?

  muscular endurance
• what is zone 1?

  warmup and cool down zone
• what percentage of your MHR is zone 1?

  50-60%
• what is zone 2?

  fat burning zone
• what percentage of your MHR is zone 2?

  60-70%
• what is zone 3?

  aerobic zone
• what percentage of your MHR is zone 3?

  70-80%
• what is zone 4?

  anaerobic zone
• what percentage of your MHR is zone 4?

  80%+
• what does BPM stand for?

  beats per minute