Chapter 7Review Questions

1. What is the difference between health related fitness and motor-performance fitness?

2. What is meant by the term hypokinetic disease? Identify some of the hypokinetic diseases outlined on p. 164.

3. Review Table 7.3: Define the five components of health fitness.

4. Go to http://healthyamericans.org/

5. What is the dose-response debate? What is the importance of frequency, intensity and duration of exercise?

6. Explain how you would calculate your target heart rate zone.

7. What is meant by the social gradient in health? What is SES? How does SES relate to health behavior?

8.Discuss how the following fitness training principles relate to aerobic and muscle conditioning: specificity of training and overload principle.