Personal Fitness 2
Terms
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- Threshold of Training
- The smallest number of beats of your heart when exercising that will give you a physical benefit
- Circulatory System
- The bodies transportation system.
- Hypertension
- High Blood Pressure
- Left Ventricle
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The part of the heart that works up to 6 times harder than the other parts of the heart.
- Stroke
- When the brain, or part of the brain does not get enough oxygen because there is not enough blood getting to it.
- Target Zone
- The higher number of beats that your heart needs to beat to make a difference in your physical fitness
- Capillaries
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The thin walled blood vessels that let oxygen and nutrients pass through to the body's cells.
- Moderate Activity
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The amount of physical activity that is the same as walking fast
- Vigorous Activity
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The amount of activity that is needed to make your heart rate (number of beats of your heart) go up, make you breathe faster and sweat more.
- Arteriosclerosis
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Hardening of the arteries, or fat building up inside your arteries to block them so blood can't get through.
- Exhaling
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When you let air out of your body and it takes carbon dioxide out with it.
- Arteries
- The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- Veins
- Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart and have special valves that keep the blood flowing in one direction.