EXSC 221- Ron Hager Midterm Exam Questions With Complete Solutions!!

Remember - 80% of disease is contributed to lifestyle factors What is considered the second brain? - Enteric Nervous system (??) Materialism - I am only my body Immaterialsim - I am only my mind Holism - I am my mind and my body Wellness - A state of being that maximizes quality of life. Internal harmony, optimial energy and aliveness. Complete physical, mental, and socail well being Remember - Physical, mental, social, and emotional are dimensions of the whole person, while "wellness" is the overall harmony of those dimensions Determinism - Belief that people and life are the way they are and there is no freedom to choose to be another way Self efficacy - Belief that you are able to succeed at what you set out to do Goal setting principles - S: Specific M: Measurable A: Attainable R: Relevant T: TimeE: Ethical R: Reevaluate Self-acceptance - Once you acknowledge your inherent worth, self-esteem basically becomes a non issue in your life Self-esteem - Opinion we hold of the worth or value of our whole being, mind, and body achievement self-esteem - A good feeling about yourself that comes as a result of approval from others, money, appearance, competence, or some other contingency Functional Fitness - Base and foundation for all you do Functional fitness benefits - Improves real life movements by teaching muscles to work together, more attention to the muscles, more oxygen to the lungs, better posture Dynamic Flexibility - Helps maintain cartilage in the joints, ligament soreness, more attention to the muscles, more oxygen in the lungs, better posture Value in stretching How it prevents injuries - Proper muscular strength and flexibility can prevent back pain, tight muscles increase the risk of injury, easier to move the body Proprioception - Sensory infromation that comes from within the body Physiology of the cardiovascular system - How does having a good cardiorespiratory fitness help with diabetes, heart health, etc -know the trends of blood pressure due to exercise - Physical activity results in reductions in blood pressure and hypertension Leading cuses of death in the US - Chronic diseases 1. Heart diseases 2. Cancer 3. Respiratory Disease Exercise prescription model - A guideline used to determine frequency, intensity, time and type of exercise needed to achieve cardiorespiratory fitness. The benefit is that it accounts for each individuals variability in resting heart rate Ranges for healthy steps in a day - 0-3000: inactive : low active : moderately active : active 15000- +: Very active Know VO2 max and the different ways to calculate VO2 max - a measure of the maximum amount of oxygen a person can use in body tissue, such as working muscle, and is often expressed relative to an individual's body mass (milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body mass per minute) Measure of max amount of oxygen a person can use in a body tissue, such as working muscle - Remember - Exercise is the best way to improve cardiovasular health