Physical Education Vocabulary

1. GETTING IN SHAPE = GIS

2. 5 FITNESS COMPONENTS:
1 Cardiorespiratory Endurance
2 Muscular Strength
3 Muscular Endurance
4 Flexibility
5 Body Composition

3. RESPIRATORY = Breathing.

4. ENDURANCE = Being able to keep going even when it is hard.

5. AERO = Air

6. OBIC = Life

7. CARDIO = Heart

8. CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE =
The ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to supply oxygen
during sustained physical activity.

9. HOW LONG DO I NEED TO DO THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ORDER

TO WORK MY CARDIO? At least 20 MINUTES.

10. FLEXIBILITY = The ability to bend and move the joints through 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
F Frequency is how often you will perform physical activity.

I Intensity is how hard you will perform physical activities.

T Time is how long you will perform physical activities.

T Type is the kind of physical activities you will perform to develop a

fitness component or obtain a specific benefit.

15. Static Stretching = A stretch is held in a challenging but comfortable

position for a period of time, usually somewhere between 30 to 60
seconds.

16. Dynamic stretching = A stretch is performed by moving through a

challenging but comfortable range of motion repeatedly, usually 10 to 12
times.

17. Passive stretching = means you’re using some sort of outside

assistance to help you achieve a stretch. (This assistance could be your
body weight, a strap, leverage, gravity, another person, or a stretching
device.)

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. With active stretching, you relax the muscle you’re
trying to stretch and rely on the opposing force.

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 joints motion fluid
by coating the surfaces of the bones in our joints and by cushioning
bones against impact.