Aerobic training, methods, equipment, and terminology. Competitive rules and sporting events belong in their sports categories.
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Which running-shoe company did jogging promoter Bill Bowerman co-found?
Bowerman teamed with former runner Phil Knight, and the partners first sold shoes from a car trunk at track meets.
Which Oregon track coach co-wrote the 1966 book Jogging?
Bowerman picked up recreational jogging in New Zealand and wrote the guide with heart doctor W. E. Harris.
Which American's 1972 Olympic marathon victory helped spark the jogging boom?
Shorter's Munich win was the first Olympic marathon victory by an American in 64 years.
What piece of equipment defines a step aerobics class?
Raising the step height makes each climb harder because the legs lift the body farther against gravity.
What kitchen tool inspired the grooved sole of early Nike running shoes?
Bowerman poured rubber into his wife's waffle iron to mold a grippy sole that held on tracks and pavement.
Which physician wrote Aerobics, the book that helped popularize aerobic fitness?
Cooper also devised a 12-minute run test that estimates aerobic fitness from the distance covered.
The word "aerobic" describes exercise that uses which gas to help release energy?
Aerobic activity raises breathing and heart rate as the body delivers more oxygen to working muscles.
Which fitness program created by Judi Sheppard Missett combines dance with aerobic exercise?
Jazzercise classes include strength exercises as well as dance, so muscles get a workout alongside the heart.
In cardio training, what does the talk test help measure?
Speaking in full sentences signals light effort, while only gasping short phrases signals vigorous, near-maximum effort.