Define physical activity.
Define exercise.
Physical fitness is a multi-demensional concept. We will specifically define this next chapter.
What is the new ACSM/CDC Physical Activity guideline for every adult. How many Kcals/week is this?
What percent of adults DO not get recommended physical activity?
What percent of adults get no Physical activity (less than 10 min/week)?
TheACSM 2006 recommendations for overweight and obese suggest how many accumulated minutes per week of physical activity? Can you accumulate this is short bouts? How short
Can you describe at least 4-5 health benefits of exercise?
Who reports less leisure time physical activity: men or women?
With 150 kcal/day or 1,000 kcal per week, CHD my reduce by how much (50%), while diabetes, HBP and colon cancer risk may be reduced by how much (30%)?
Make sure you know the CDC & ACSM statement about physical activity word for word!
What is a risk factor? What are the POSITIVE risk factors? What is the NEGATIVE risk factor:? Can you explain what Positive and Negative risk factors mean?
In terms of death, has cardiovascular disease claimed the lives of more men or women?
Cardiovascular disease will claim the lives of how many? 1 out of 4; 1 out of 3; 1 out of 2.6 (in US)
What is arteriosclerosis?
What is atherosclerosis? What does athero mean? What does sclerosis mean?
Does a positive risk factor promote or negate the disease?
Does a negative risk factor promote or negate the disease?
One more time. What are the Positive CAD risk factors?
What type of change will be possible with mild or moderate hypertension (Systolic and Diastolic) if aerobic exercise (40-60% VO2max) is done 3 to 5 days a week.
What happens to the blood pressure of normal individuals?
What did we state was the affect of BP with resistance training?
Do you know the different lipoproteins (cholesterol)? Which is helpful and which is lousy?
With lipoproteins, as fat content goes up what happens to the density of the lipoprotein?
What is metabolic syndrome? If a person has 3 or more of these risk factors what is very likely to occur?
What are the risk factors to metabolic syndrome?
According to a quote by Dr. Kravitz in class of , every 1% reduction in blood cholesterol will result in a decrease of how much percent in CHD (2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6).
Is CAD the same as CHD?
Specifically and independently, what affect does exercise have on HDL cholesterol?
What element in tobacco may damage the heart and blood vessels?
What may the tar in smoke to the bronchial tubes?
What is the BMI for overweight? What is the BMI for Obese?

Preliminary Screening and Risk Classification
What are the TWO main purposes of the health evaluation?
The health evaluation consists of several different components. What are some of these?
Please explain the PAR-Q.
Typically, lifestyle evaluation looks at what living habits?
A positive risk factor promotes or negates the risk to CHD?
What are the positive risk factors? Take your time to learn these VERY specifically (i.e., father of 1st degree male relative sudden death less than 55 years of age, etc)
A negative risk factor promotes or negates the risk to CHD?
What is the one negative CHD risk factor?
Can you sum risk factors (i.e., one negative and two positive equals one positive)?
What does absolute contraindication mean? What does relative contraindication mean?
Terms to know: acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, aneurysm, stenosis, embolus, cardiomyopathy, high-degree a-v block, syncope, palpitations, orthopnea, murmur.
What is the ACSM Risk Stratification (low, moderate and high risk-explain what they are?)
Learn the Blood Pressure Classifications for Normal and Prehypertension.
When systolic and diastolic fall into different categories, which category do you use for the classification?
To be classified as hypertensive, it should be the average of _____ or more readings on ____ or more occasions.
What is normal sinus rhythm? What is sinus bradycardia? What is sinus tachycardia?
What is the classification for normal HDL-C?
What are the classifications for optimal and desirable TC, LDL-C, Triglycerides?
Routine testing of the heart involves 3-lead, 6-lead, or 12-lead EKG testing?
The 12-lead has 3 standard limb leads, 3 augmented limb leads, and 6 chest (or precordial) leads.
Can you draw and label the standard and augmented limb leads?
The standard and augmented limb leads look at the heart in the _______plane while the precordial leads look at the heart in the ________plane.
The standard limbs are _______(unipolar, bipolar) while the augmented leads are _____(unipolar, bipolar).
Class, be prepared to label stick figures showing the lead and charge.
Class, be prepared to draw and label Einthoven’s Triangle.
Can you label an EKG tracing? (PR interval, QRS complex, PR segment, ST segment, T wave, P wave, S wave, Q wave)