‘With oxygen’. If exercise is not
The volume of blood pumped out
too fast and is steady, the heart
The amount of force a muscle
of the heart by each ventricle
can supply all the oxygen
can exert against a resistance.
during one contraction.
muscles need.
BLOOD PRESSURE
MUSCULAR STRENGTH
STROKE VOLUME
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The force exerted by circulating
A place where two or more
The time between the
blood on the walls of the
bones meet
presentation of a stimulus and
blood vessels.
the onset of a movement.
REACTION TIME
JOINT
TARGET ZONE
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The range within which an
individual needs to work for
A state of complete mental, The amount of blood ejected
aerobic training to take place
physical and social wellbeing, from the heart in one minute.
(60-80 per cent of maximum
and not merely the absence of
heart rate).
disease and infirmity. METHODS OF TRAINING
HEALTH
CARDIAC OUTPUT
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Interval training, continuous
training, circuit training, weight
The ability to use voluntary
To gradually increase the
training, Fartlek training, cross
muscles many times without
amount of overload so that
training.
getting tired.
fitness gains occur, but without
potential for injury.
MUSCULAR ENDURANCE
PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD
RECOVERY
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