What is cardiorespiratory fitness?

What will be an ideal response?


If our goal is to strengthen our heart and lower our risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death, then cardiorespiratory fitness is the element of fitness we need to focus on. Cardiorespiratory fitness, otherwise known as aerobic fitness, refers to the body's heart, blood vessels, and lungs ability to supply oxygen-rich blood to the muscles during sustained physical activity.

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Arthur is a retired auto mechanic who proudly owned his own auto repair shop, which his sons now run. He and his wife enjoy their grandchildren and enjoy spending the winters in Florida. In Erikson’s stages of social development, he is likely to experience ____.?

a. ?despair b. ?generativity c. ?integrity d. ?identity

Psychology

Females may have an "extra" pain-regulating pathway focused on relieving pain associated with the reproductive system. One implication of this biological gender difference is that

a. men need more pain relief than women following most surgical procedures b. women need more pain relief tan men following most surgical procedures. c. treatment of pain in men and women is still the same, because the psychological experience of pain is the same for men and women. d. males and females may benefit from different kinds of medications and different kinds of pain management.

Psychology

The Rachlin/Castro/Bandura debate discussed in the text illustrates the complexity involved in self-administered contingencies. Despite their differences, they all agreed that:

a. self-rewarding works by increasing accurate self-monitoring b. contingent consequences work. c. consequences are evaluated according to usual social standards d. self-punishment operates primarily by providing information.

Psychology

There are __________ types of pain receptors

Fill in the blanks with correct word

Psychology