PHYSICAL EDUCATION VOCABULARY

knowing the terms in physical activities will keep me safe

1. GETTING IN SHAPE = GIS

2. 5 FITNESS COMPONENTS:
a. Cardiorespiratory Endurance
b. Muscular Strength
c. Muscular Endurance
d. Flexibility
e. Body Composition

3. RESPIRATORY: breathing

4. ENDURANCE: being able to keep going even if it's hard.

5. AERO = Air

6. OBIC = Life

7. CARDIO = HEART

8. CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE = The ability of the circulatory and respiratory

system to supply oxygen during sustained physical activity
9. HOW LONG DO I NEED TO DO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ORDER TO WORK MY
CARDIO? At least 20 minutes

10. FLEXIBILITY = the ability to bend and move the joints throughout the full range of motion

11. HOW LONG DO I NEED TO STRETCH IN ORDER TO STRETCH MY MUSCLES

PROPERLY? At least 30 seconds

12. DOES STRETCHING HELP MINIMIZE OR PREVENT INJURIES? Yes

13. DOES STRETCHING RELAX YOUR BODY? Yes

14. FITT
a. F: Frequency is how often you will perform physical activity
b. I: Intensity is how hard you will perform physical activities
c. T: Time is how long you will perform physical activities
d. T: Type is the kind of physical activities you perform to develop a fitness component or
obtain a specific benefit

15. STATIC STRETCHING: a stretch is held in challenging but comfortable position for a period
of time, usually between 30-60 seconds
16. DYNAMIC STRETCHING: a stretch is performed by moving through a challenging but
comfortable range of motion repeatedly, usually 10-12 times
17. PASSIVE STRETCHING: means you’re using someone sort of outside assistance to help you
achieve a stretch ( the assistance could be your body weight, a strap leverage, gravity, another
person)
18. ACTIVE STRETCHING: means you're stretching a muscle by actively contracting the muscle
in opposition to the one you're stretching. You do not use your body weight, a strap, leverage,
gravity, another person, or a stretching device, gravity, another person, or a stretching device.
With active stretching you relax the muscles you're trying to stretch and rely on the opposing
muscle to initiate the stretch.
19. LIGAMENT: a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones
or cartilages or holds together a joint. (bone to bone)
20. TENDON: a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a
bone (Muscle to bone)
21. CARTILAGE: is a flexible connective tissue that keeps joint motion fluid by coating the
surfaces of the bone in our joints and by cushioning bones against impact.