Kinesiology Unit 1 Exam

Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

• Personal care behaviors

• Bathing

• Dressing

• Transferring

• Using the toilet

• Eating

• Walking

What is physical activity?

Intentional, voluntary, directed toward achieving an identifiable goal

Not all movement is PA

 but all PA is movement

Not all PA is exercise

but all exercise is PA

How much aerobic activity per week?

150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity per week

how many days of muscle strengthening activity a week?

At least 2 days a week of muscle strengthening activity

Health-related fitness

• Aerobic fitness

• Muscular fitness

• Flexibility

• Neuromotor fitness

• Body composition

aerobic fitness

with oxygen, breathing increases during exercise

fall risk

number one risk of not having neuromotor fitness

Obesity

excessive fat which presents health risk

best diet

not a “best diet”, safe, sustainable

alcohol and caffeine

2 drinks that make sleep harmful

chronic stress

• Anxiety, insomnia, muscle pain, immune issues, CVD, depression, obesity

acute

• Irritability, anxiety, headache, indigestion, sweating/HR

episodic acute

Migraines, high BP, chest pain, CVD

fitt-vp

frequency, intensity, time, type, volume, progression

frequency

3-5 times a week, how much you exercise

intensity

how hard or easy you exercise

time

however long it takes you to exercise

type

whatever exercise you do

volume

100kcal/wk, total amount of work you completed

progression

small increase of exercise over time

Primary medical professions

• Requires professional doctorate degree

• Must pass national board exams

Atrophy

a reduction in muscle fiber size

Concentric

a type of muscle action that occurs when the muscle shortens

eccentric

a type of muscle action that occurs when the muscle lengthens

Hypertrophy

an enlargement in muscle fiber size

design

number of reps, sets, velocity, rest time

safety

technique, cleaning up, spotting, breathing, Warming up

coachs eye

• Qualitative judgement via observation

• Most common biomechanical assessment tool

instructors

share knowledge and change behaviors

coaches

recruit, review film, schedule, budget, etc

BMI

body mass index (weight in kig/height in meters (squared) )

2 measurements

waist to hip, waist to height

4 stage balance test

together, offset, behind, one leg

another test

8 feet get up and go test