Across
- 9. painful, involuntary muscle spasms that usually occur during heavy exercise in hot environments.
- 10. body composition is used to describe the percentages of fat, bone, water and muscle in human bodies.
- 11. relating to or denoting muscular action in which tension is developed without contraction of the muscle.
- 12. plan or devise something in detail
- 15. force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make a strenuous or unusually great effort.
- 19. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training.
- 22. something that difines your physical well being
- 24. of muscle action) taking place with normal contraction.
- 25. is physical exercise of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process.
- 26. the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
Down
- 1. relating to muscular action with a constant rate of movement.
- 2. the quality or condition of being specific
- 3. the process of developing or moving gradually towards a more advanced state.
- 4. an easy exercise, done after a more intense activity
- 5. type of exercise that breaks down glucose in the body without using oxygen; anaerobic means “without oxygen”.
- 6. engage in too much or too strenuous exertion.
- 7. the ability of a joint or series of joints to move through an unrestricted, pain free range of motion.
- 8. is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time
- 13. (of a person) tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive.
- 14. prepare for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practicing gently beforehand.
- 16. an excessive load or amount.
- 17. The calorie is a unit of energy defined as the amount of heat needed to raise a quantity of water by one degree of temperature.
- 18. the result of a wrench or twist of the ligaments of a joint.
- 20. the rate at which the body uses energy while at rest to maintain vital functions such as breathing and keeping warm.
- 21. injury to body tissues caused by exposure to extreme cold, typically affecting the nose, fingers, or toes and sometimes resulting in gangrene.
- 23. engage in two or more sports or types of exercise in order to improve fitness or performance in one's main sport.