Aerobics Unit Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key definitions, founders, pioneers, and categories from the Aerobics Unit lecture notes.

Aerobic exercise

Physical exercise of low to high intensity that depends on the aerobic energy generating process and refers to the use of oxygen to properly meet energy demands during exercise.

Physical Exercise

Any body movement that works your muscles and requires more energy than resting.

Flexibility exercises

Exercises, such as stretching, that improve the range of motion of muscles and joints.

Anaerobic exercises

Physical movement without consumption of too much air or oxygen, such as weight training, functional training, eccentric training, sprinting, and high-intensity interval training, that increase short-term muscle strength.

Dr Kenneth H Cooper

The founder of aerobic exercise who developed a system of exercises to prevent coronary artery sickness for military personnel and published his first book based on aerobics in 1968.

Aeros and bios

Greek words meaning "air" and "life" respectively, from which the word aerobic derives.

Freestyle Aerobics

A type of aerobics centered around dance and moving.

Aerobic Kickboxing

A type of aerobics associated with Tae Bo and Billy Blanks.

Jackie Sorensen

An aerobic pioneer known for Aerobic Dance.

Juddi Sheppard Misette

An aerobic pioneer who created Jazzercise, incorporating jazz, resistance, pilates, yoga, and kickboxing.

Jane Fonda

An aerobic pioneer designated as the Jazzercise Goddess.

Latoya Jackson

An aerobic pioneer known for Jazzercise Videos.

Howard and Karen Schwartz

Pioneers who founded sport aerobics leading to 1996 gymnastics.