Physical Education Vocabulary

1. GETTING IN SHAPE = GIS

2. 5 FITNESS COMPONENTS:
1. Cardio respiratory 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 system 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
● Frequency is how often you will perform physical activity.
● Intensity is how hard you will perform physical activities.
 ● Time is how long you will perform physical activities.
● 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 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 bones in our joints and
by cushioning bones against impact.