Final Case Study: A Teenage Female Champion Grace MacMillan Nutrition for Fitness and Sport Introduction Ice hockey is characterized by high intensity intermittent skating‚ rapid changes in velocity‚ lengthy duration and frequent body contact (1). The typical player performs for 15 to 20 minutes of a 60 minute game (1). Each shift lasts from 30 to 90 seconds with 4 to 4 minutes of recovery between shifts. The intensity of a particular shift is determined be the duration and the extent
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Multistage Fitness Test | 6.2 | 11.2 | Illinois Agility Test | 16.40 | 14.98 | Hand Grip Test | 39 | 46 | Sit up Test | 28 | 44 | 35m Sprint | 5.50 seconds | 5.34 seconds | Sit & Reach Test | 21cm | 30cm | Multistage Fitness Test Suitable – The multistage fitness test is a suitable test. Reasons being it tests how far you can run for‚ and these tests how fit you are. I would say it’s suitable for sports teams and school groups (students)‚ but not for populations in which a maximal
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Executive Summary 1.0 Executive Summary Corporate Fitness will serve Seattle-area businesses‚ helping them to become more productive‚ while lowering their overall costs with innovative wellness programs and strategies. Our business is based on two simple facts: 1. Healthy employees are more productive than chronically ill employees. 2. It costs less to prevent injuries or illnesses than to treat them after they occur. At Corporate Fitness (CF)‚ we tie worker productivity directly to the health
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Chapter 7 Artery - A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to other parts of the body. The arteries in my body are what keep my blood flow consistent. Cardiovascular system - The body system that includes the heart‚ blood vessels‚ and blood‚ and functions by moving oxygen and nutrients to body cells and removing cell waste. The cardiovascular system is the most important system to be healthy for professional runners. Cholesterol - A fatlike substance found in animal cells and some foods
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Fitness is defined as the quality of being suitable to perform a particular task. Around 1950‚ perhaps consistent with the industrial revolution and the treatise of WWII‚ the term fitness increased in western vernacular by a factor of ten.[2] Modern definition of fitness describe either a person or machine’s ability to perform a specific function or a holistic definition of human adaptability to cope with various situations. This has lead to an interrelation of human fitness and attractiveness which
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Differences in Cardiovascular Fitness that Effect Nonsmokers and Smokers Kayla Forbes 2-15-12 Bio Lab 140/77 Hilde Stawski Abstract: The goal of this experiment was to find out how smoking affected nonsmokers‚ light smokers‚ and heavy smokers heart rate during cardiovascular endurance. The participants will record their pulse rate before and after every minute for six minutes after the step test. As predicted‚ the heavy smokers had an increase in pulse rate that was twice as high as the
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Personal Fitness Trainer Bulging biceps and toned abs are the result of bench pressing every day to stay fit. My heart is pumping rapidly while sweating profusely climbing to higher levels peddling my way to success. No pain no gain is my motto I say while repeating this over and over again in my head. Hydration is the key to replenish the body and stretch those tighten pulled muscles. One‚ two‚ three come on you can do it four‚ five‚ and six you are almost there. Pushing my body to the extreme
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Fitness ’ The New Mantra Is it a Fad or a Lifestyle Fitness is suddenly a new buzzword.Everybody is talking about keeping themselves fit .It has caught the fancy of the people of all ages ‚shapes and sizes .Our neighbourhoods have seen a mushrooming of gymnasiums and spas. Earlier they were seen only in five star hotels but now can be seen at every street end or a part of every society .It has become customary for every society to have a ‘gym’ also .This phenomenon can be partly attributed
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Wendy Wu June 12‚ 2012 PPL1OF Health – Fitness Portfolio Reflection: Fitness is the condition of being physically fit and healthy‚ which is what we’ve learned and have been working towards for the entire second semester of this school year (2011 – 2012) in our grade 9 physical education and healthy living course. Through tests that we have completed three separate times during this semester‚ we can see the progress and improvements that we’ve made throughout the five months
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General fitness is the state of a person’s health and overall well-being. Specific fitness involves focusing on fitness goals of an athlete to meet specific needs of an activity. The activity I picked is running/jogging. Some specific fitness requirements for running/jogging are: strength‚ speed‚ endurance‚ flexibility‚ and coordination. The methods I use to maintain physical requirements are: stretch daily‚ eat healthy‚ do push-ups every 3 days‚ and do other exercises before and after I go running/jogging
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