PE word of the week
 

1st Quarter:


  1. *Physical Education: Systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college       program.


* Pace: Consistent and continuous speed in walking, running or moving.


* Endurance:The ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity.


*Sedentary: Accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise- inactive.


* Wellness: The quality or state of being in good health. The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health.


*Flexibility:The ability to move the joints or any group of joints through an entire, normal range of motion.


*Body Composition: The percentage of body fat a person has in comparison to his or her total body



2nd Quarter:


*Warm Up: exercises performed at the beginning of a workout to prepare the muscles, heart  rate, blood pressure, and body temperature for activity


*Cool Down:  low intensity activity that allows the body to transition from an exercise state to a resting or near resting state by gradually reducing the heart rate


*Frequency: how often you exercise


*Intensity: the degree of difficulty of the exercise


*Resting Heart Rate: the number of time your heart beats per minute while at rest


*Target Heart Rate: the rate you want your heart to beat while doing exercise


*Agility:  the ability to change direction of movement quickly while staying in control of your body


*Balance: the ability to maintain body equilibrium in different movements


*Reaction Time:  the time between recognizing a stimulus and your body moving in response


*Speed :  the time it takes you to move a certain distance