Aerobics activity logging is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness (flexibility, muscular strength, and cardio-vascular fitness). It is usually performed to music and may be practiced in a group setting led by an instructor (fitness professional), although it can be done solo and without musical accompaniment. With the goal of preventing illness and promoting physical fitness, practitioners perform various routines comprising a number of different dance-like exercises. Formal Aerobics activity logging classes are divided into different levels of intensity and complexity. Aerobics activity logging classes may allow participants to select their level of participation according to their fitness level. Many gyms offer a variety of aerobic classes. Each class is designed for a certain level of experience and taught by a certified instructor with a specialty area related to their particular class.
Badminton activity logging is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court. A rally ends once the shuttlecock has struck the ground, and each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net.
base jumping activity logging, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E jumping, is an activity that employs an initially packed parachute to jump from fixed objects, as with paragliding. "B.A.S.E." is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennae, spans (bridge), and earth (cliff).
Baseball activity logging is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher of the other team (the fielding team), which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning and nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.
Basketball activity logging is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a Basketball activity logging hoop while following a set of rules. Basketball activity logging is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world
Canoeing activity logging is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe. When exactly a canoe can be called a kayak is difficult to determine though, and often arbitrary. Internationally, the term Canoeing activity logging is used as a generic term for both forms though the terms "paddle sports" or "canoe/kayak" are also used. In North America, however, 'Canoeing activity logging' usually refers only to canoes, as opposed to both canoes and kayaks. Paddling a kayak is also referred to as kayaking.
Climbing activity logging is the activity of using one's hands and feet (or indeed any other part of the body) to ascend a steep object. It is done both for recreation (to reach an inaccessible place, or for its own enjoyment) and professionally, as part of activities such as maintenance of a structure, or military operations.
Cycling activity logging, also called biCycling activity logging or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport.[1] Persons engaged in Cycling activity logging are cyclists.[2] or bicyclists.[3] Apart from ordinary two-wheeled bicycles, Cycling activity logging also includes riding unicycles, tricycles, quadracycles, and other similar human-powered vehicles (HPVs).
dance activity logging is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music,[1] used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.
Field hockey activity logging is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey activity logging sticks into the opposing team's goal. Its official name is simply hockey activity logging,[1][2] and this is the common name for it in many countries. However, the name field hockey activity logging is used in countries where the word hockey activity logging is usually reserved for another form of hockey activity logging, such as ice hockey activity logging or street hockey activity logging.
The game of football activity logging is any of several similar team sports, of similar origins which involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football activity logging, more commonly known as just "football activity logging" or "soccer". Unqualified, the word football activity logging applies to whichever form of football activity logging is the most popular in each particular part of the world, including American football activity logging, Australian rules football activity logging, Canadian football activity logging, Gaelic football activity logging, rugby league, rugby union and other related games. These variations are known as "codes."
Physical exercise activity logging is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health or wellness. It is performed for various reasons. These include strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance and for enjoyment. Frequent and regular physical exercise activity logging boosts the immune system, and helps prevent the "diseases of affluence" such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.[1][2] It also improves mental health, helps prevent depression, helps to promote or maintain positive self-esteem, and can even augment an individual's sex appeal or body image, which again is also linked with higher levels of self-esteem.[3] Childhood obesity is a growing global concern[4] and physical exercise activity logging may help decrease the effects of childhood obesity in developed countries.
Handball activity logging is a sport in which players hit a small rubber ball against one or more walls using their hands.
Hang Gliding activity logging is an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and unmotorized foot-launchable aircraft called a hang glider (also known as Delta plane or Deltaplane). Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite-framed fabric wing. The pilot is ensconced in a harness suspended from the airframe, and exercises control by shifting body weight in opposition to a control frame, but other devices, including modern aircraft flight control systems, may be used. In the sport's early days, pilots were restricted to gliding down small hills on low-performance hang gliders. However, modern technology gives pilots the ability to soar for hours, gain thousands of feet of altitude in thermal updrafts, perform aerobatics, and glide cross-country for hundreds of miles. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and national airspace governing organizations control some aspects of Hang Gliding activity logging. Gaining the safety benefits from being instructed is highly recommended.
Hiking activity logging is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on Hiking activity logging trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous Hiking activity logging organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of Hiking activity logging have been confirmed in studies.[1] The word Hiking activity logging is understood in all English-speaking countries, but there are differences in usage.
Hockey activity logging refers to a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball, or a puck, into the opponent's goal, using a Hockey activity logging stick.
Horseback Riding activity logging refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses. This broad description includes the use of horses for practical working purposes, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises, and competitive sports.
skating activity logging is the traveling on smooth surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a single-wheeled "quintessence skate" or other variations on the basic skate design
Kayaking activity logging is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking activity logging and Canoeing are also known as Paddling. Kayaking activity logging is generally differentiated from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is defined by the International Canoe Federation (the world sanctioning body) as a boat where the paddler faces forward, legs in front, using a double bladed paddle. Almost all kayaks have closed decks, although there are many sit-on-top kayaks which are growing in popularity, as well as inflatable kayaks which come without decks but which have air chambers surrounding the boat. A canoe is defined as a boat where the paddler faces forward and sits or kneels in the boat, using a single bladed paddle. Canoes can be closed deck or open deck.
Kickball activity logging is a playground game and competitive league game, similar to baseball, invented in the United States in the first half of the 20th Century. Kickball activity logging may also be known as kick baseball, soccer-base, or soccer-baseball.
Kite boarding activity logging is a sport based on kitesurfing and snowboarding. It involves the use of a snowboard, with the most obsessed riders buying or building slightly modified snowboards for greater impacts, creating, essentially, a sturdy snowboard, as well as the use of a kite similar to the kite used in kite surfing activity logging.
Lacrosse activity logging is a team sport of Aboriginal origin played using a small solid rubber ball and a long-handled racquet called a crosse or Lacrosse activity logging stick. The head of the Lacrosse activity logging stick is strung with loose netting designed to catch and hold the Lacrosse activity logging ball. Offensively, the objective of the game is to score by shooting the ball into an opponent's goal, using the Lacrosse activity logging stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball to do so. Defensively, the objective is to keep the opposing team from scoring and to dispossess them of the ball through the use of stick checking and body contact or positioning
Martial Arts activity logging or fighting arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of combat. Martial Arts activity logging all have similar objectives: to physically defeat other persons or defend oneself or others from physical threat. Some Martial Arts activity logging take a great deal of their underlying theory from beliefs systems. Most specifically, Buddhism, and in Asia have been practiced in harmony with others, such as Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism or Shinto while others follow a particular code of honor. Martial Arts activity logging are considered as both an art and a science. Many arts are also practiced competitively, most commonly as combat sports, but competitions may also take the form of "forms competition" which is an integral discipline in most arts but is seen by the uninitiated as dance.
Pilates activity logging called his method Contrology (from control and Greek -λογία, -logia), because he believed his method uses the mind to control the muscles.[1] The program focuses on the core postural muscles which help keep the body balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates activity logging exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles.
ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis activity logging rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. A skilled player can impart several varieties of spin to the ball, altering its trajectory and limiting an opponent's options to great advantage.
Racquetball activity logging is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court. Joe Sobek[1] is credited with inventing Racquetball activity logging in 1950,[2] adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velocity and control. Unlike most racquet sports, such as tennis and badminton, there is no net to hit the ball over, and unlike squash no tin to hit the ball above. Also, the court's walls, floor, and ceiling are legal playing surfaces, with only the upper part of the back wall (above 12 feet) being out-of-bounds.[3]
Rugby activity logging football, usually just Rugby activity logging, is either of two current sports, Rugby activity logging league and Rugby activity logging union, or any of a number of sports through history descended from a common form of football.
Running activity logging is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing a human or an animal to move rapidly on foot. It is defined in human sporting terms as a gait in which at some point all feet are off the ground at the same time. This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight and the center of gravity vault over the legs in an inverted pendulum fashion. The term Running activity logging can refer to any of a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting.
Scuba Diving activity logging ("scuba" originally being an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, although now widely considered a word in its own right)[1] is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater for recreation, commercial or industrial reasons.[2]
Skateboarding activity logging is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to as a skateboarder, or colloquially within the Skateboarding activity logging community, a skater.
Skiing activity logging is a group of sports using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding.
Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of performing acrobatics during freefall, followed by deployment of a parachute.
Slacklining activity logging is a balance sport that uses nylon webbing tensioned between two anchor points. Slacklining activity logging is distinct from tightrope walking in that the line is not held rigidly taut (although it is still under some tension); it is instead dynamic, stretching and bouncing like a long and narrow trampoline. The line's tension can be adjusted to suit the user and different types of dynamic webbing can be used to achieve a variety of feats. The line itself is flat, due to the nature of webbing, thus keeping the slacker's footing from rolling as would be the case with an ordinary rope. The dynamic nature of the line allows for impressive tricks and stunts.
Snorkeling activity logging (British spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Use of this equipment allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended periods of time with relatively little effort.
Snowboarding activity logging is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding.
A Snowshoe is footwear for walking over the snow. Snowshoeing activity logging works by distributing the weight of the person over a larger area so that the person's foot does not sink completely into the snow, a quality called "flotation".
Association football, commonly known as football or Soccer activity logging, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is the world's most popular sport.
Softball activity logging is a team game commonly played in the United States and other countries. It is a direct descendant of baseball although some key differences are that Softball activity loggings are larger than baseballs and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand. Softball activity logging is played on a smaller diamond than in baseball; a Softball activity logging field's average distances from home plate to the center, left and right field fences are 220, 200 and 200 feet respectively (the corresponding baseball field average distances are 410, 325 and 325 feet). Despite the game's name, the standard Softball activity logging is not soft; in fact, it is just as hard as a baseball.
Squash activity logging is a racquet sport played by two players (or four players for doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. Squash activity logging is recognised by the IOC and remains in contention for incorporation in a future Olympic program. The game was formerly called Squash activity logging racquets, a reference to the "Squash activity loggingable" soft ball used in the game (compared with the fatter ball used in its parent game Racquets (or rackets; see below)).
Surfing activity logging is a surface water sport. Two major subdivisions within stand-up Surfing activity logging are longboarding and shortboarding, reflecting differences in surfboard design including surfboard length, and riding style.
Swimming activity logging is movement through water using one's limbs, and usually without artificial apparatus. Swimming activity logging is an activity that can be both useful and recreational. Its primary uses are bathing, cooling, fishing, recreation, exercise, and sport.
Tennis activity logging is a sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a racquet that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court.
Ultimate (also called Ultimate Frisbee activity logging) is a limited-contact team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or rugby. Players may only move one foot while holding the disc.
Volleyball activity logging is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.[1] This article focuses on competitive indoor Volleyball activity logging; numerous other variations of Volleyball activity logging have developed, most notably the Olympic spin-off sport beach Volleyball activity logging.
Wakeboarding activity logging is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques.
Waterskiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation on a body of water, skimming the surface.
Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the force of gravity (in the form of weighted bars, dumbbells or weight stacks) to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction. Weight training uses a variety of specialized equipment to target specific muscle groups and types of movement.
Windsurfing activity logging is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four meters long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a mast, wishbone boom and sail. The sail area ranges from less than 3.0m2 to more than 12m2 depending on the conditions, the skill of the sailor and the type of Windsurfing activity logging being undertaken.
Yoga activity logging (Sanskrit, PÄli: यà¥à¤ yóga) refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines that originated in India.[1] The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.[2][3][4] Within Hinduism, it also refers to one of the six orthodox (Ästika) schools of Hindu philosophy, and to the goal towards which that school directs its practices.[5][6] In Jainism, Yoga activity logging is the sum total of all activities â mental, verbal and physical.