camping

• Camping


  Activity of spending a vacation living in a camp, tent or camper
• Camping essentials


  • Shelter and site
  • Weather monitoring
  • Food storage
  • Fire safety
  • Insect protection
  • Allergy awareness
  • Sun protection
  • Hydration
  • Wildlife awareness
  • Alertness
• Front country camping


  • Also known as car camping
• Back country camping


  • Planned, and you must be prepared physiologically
• Physiological preparations


  1. Heart rate

  2. Resting heart rate

  3. Maximum heart rate

  4. Target heart rate

  5. Exertion

  6. Pacing
• Heart rate


  Number of times the heart muscle contracts or beats average for a specific period of time
• Resting heart rate


  Number of heartbeats you have when you aren't exercising
• Maximum heart rate


  Minus your age
• Target heart rate


  50-70% of maximum heart rate (moderate intensity activities)
• Maximum heart rate


  70-85% of maximum heart rate (vigorous intensity activities)
• Exertion


  Rate of doing physical activity
• Pacing


  Rate of doing physical activity
• Camping is a health-enhancing physical activity