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Physical Fitness 2

Group 3 members: Le Roy Lewis, Nicholas Jones, Michael Chambers, Zwadie Genas. The document discusses cardiovascular fitness and VO2 max. It defines VO2 max as the maximum capacity of an individual's body to transport and utilize oxygen during exercise. The document outlines factors that affect VO2 max and how it is measured through a graded exercise test. Cardiovascular fitness refers to how efficiently the heart and lungs can pump blood to working muscles. Aerobic exercise improves cardiovascular health and fitness.

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Physical Fitness 2

Group 3 members: Le Roy Lewis, Nicholas Jones, Michael Chambers, Zwadie Genas. The document discusses cardiovascular fitness and VO2 max. It defines VO2 max as the maximum capacity of an individual's body to transport and utilize oxygen during exercise. The document outlines factors that affect VO2 max and how it is measured through a graded exercise test. Cardiovascular fitness refers to how efficiently the heart and lungs can pump blood to working muscles. Aerobic exercise improves cardiovascular health and fitness.

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Group 3

Members:
Le Roy Lewis
Nicholas Jones
Michael Chambers
Zwadie Genas
 The ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor
and alertness, without undue fatigue, and
with ample energy to enjoy leisure-time
pursuits and respond to emergencies.
 An overall measure of physical attributes
including cardiovascular endurance, muscular
strength and endurance, body composition
and flexibility.
 an increased size and efficiency of the heart,
increased blood volume
 an increased muscle capillarization (more
capillaries developed)
 An Increase in mitochondria (small bodies in
the muscle cell that use oxygen to burn fat
and make energy) density.
 As exercise intensity increases so does
oxygen consumption.
 However, a point is reached where exercise
intensity can continue to increase without
the associated rise in oxygen consumption.
 Fitness can be measured by the volume of
oxygen you can consume while exercising at
your maximum capacity.
 This is referred to as vO2 Max
 The maximum capacity of an individual's body to
transport and utilize oxygen during incremental
exercise.
 Reflects the physical fitness of the individual.
 Expressed either as an absolute rate in litres of
oxygen per minute (l/min)
 Name is derived from V - volume per time, O2 -
oxygen, max - maximum.
 VO2 max is reached when oxygen consumption
remains at steady state despite an increase in
workload.
A number of variables that may affecting VO2
max:
 Age
 Gender
 Fitness and training,
 Changes in altitude
 Action of the ventilatory muscles.
 Involves a physical effort sufficient in
duration and intensity to fully tax the
aerobic energy system.
 Involves a graded exercise test, either on a
treadmill or on a cycle ergometer.
 Exercise intensity is progressively increased
while measuring ventilation and oxygen and
carbon dioxide concentration of the inhaled
and exhaled air.
 Refers to how efficiently the heart and lungs can pump
blood (which holds oxygen) to muscles that are being
worked.
 The more efficiently the heart works, the more energy the
body has to continue working without a great deal of
effort.
 Cardiovascular fitness is improved by aerobic exercise.
 Aerobic exercise improves cardiovascular health as it
typically uses the body's largest groups of muscles (the
legs) continually which makes a person need more oxygen.

 The more oxygen a person needs, the more efficiently his


or her cardiovascular system must be functioning.
 Incorporating cardiovascular, or aerobic,
activity strengthens the heart and lungs.
 This makes it easier to do all sorts of
everyday activities, such as hurrying to class,
climbing stairs, or mowing the lawn.

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