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Components of Physical Fitness

Components of Physical Fitness. Cardiovascular Fitness. Ability of your heart and lungs to work effectively when you exercise and return to normal when you stop Examples: long distance running, walking, swimming, dancing, cycling. Muscular Strength.

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Components of Physical Fitness

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  1. Components of Physical Fitness

  2. Cardiovascular Fitness • Ability of your heart and lungs to work effectively when you exercise and return to normal when you stop • Examples: long distance running, walking, swimming, dancing, cycling

  3. Muscular Strength • The most weight you can lift or the most force you can exert at one time • Examples: lifting a heavy weight, pull-ups, squats

  4. Muscular Endurance • The ability of a muscle to repeatedly exert a force over a prolonged period of time • Examples: curl-ups for 1 minute, bent arm hang

  5. Flexibility • The ability of your body’s joints to move easily through a full range of motion • Examples: stretching, gymnastics, wrestling

  6. Body Composition • The ratio of body fat to lean body tissue, such as bone, muscle and fluid

  7. FITT Principles • Frequency- how often you exercise • Intensity- how hard you exercise • Time- how long you exercise • Type- what kind of exercise you perform

  8. Training Principles • Overload- to improve fitness, do more than normal • Progression- increase amount and intensity of exercise gradually • Specificity- do specific exercises to improve each component of fitness

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