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Importance of Physical Fitness: Staying healthy is everyone's priority.

Active people generally


live longer and enjoy a better quality of life.

Assessing Physical Fitness: You can determine if someone is physically fit by determining
how well they perform in each component in HRF.

Components of Physical Fitness: Physical fitness is made up of 11 parts - 6 of them health


related and 5 skill related. All of the parts are important to good performance in physical activity,
including sports.

Health-Related Physical Fitness: Scientists in kinesiology have shown that they can reduce
your risk of chronic disease and promote good health and wellness.

Skill-Related Physical Fitness: Help you perform well in sports and other activities that
require motor skills.

Health-Related Fitness (HRF):

Consists of components namely:


● Cardiorespiratory Endurance
● Muscular Strength
● Muscular Endurance
● Flexibility
● Body Composition.

Cardiovascular Endurance: The ability of the heart and lungs to work together to provide
the needed oxygen and fuel to the body during sustained workloads.

Examples of Cardiovascular Endurance Activities: Walking, Running, Jogging, Hiking,


Swimming, Dancing.

Muscular Strength: The amount of force muscles can produce. You can train your muscles
to be stronger by lifting heavy weights for a few repetitions.

Examples of Muscular Strength Activities: Lifting weights, Climbing stairs, heavy gardening,
such as digging and shoveling.

Muscular Endurance: The ability of muscles to perform continuously without fatiguing. It


is a measure of how long a muscle can withstand a prolonged contraction or many repeated
contractions.

Examples of Muscular Endurance Activities: Push-ups, Lunges, Sit-ups, Pull-ups, Plank,


Squats, Rucking.
Flexibility: Ability of each joint to move through the available range of motion for a
specific joint. It helps to prevent muscular imbalances and allows you to move about with
ease.

Examples of Flexibility Activities: Stretching, yoga, tai chi.

Body Composition: The amount of mass compared to lean muscle mass, bone and
organs. Overall health generally improves when you have a lower amount of fat mass and
higher amount of lean muscles.

Skill-Related Fitness Components: Agility, balance, coordination, speed, power, and


reaction time. Skilled athletes typically excel in all six areas.

Agility: The ability to change the position of your body quickly and control your body's
movement. Basketball players, for instance, are incredibly agile.

Examples of Agility Activities: Ladder drills, Cone drills.

Balance: The ability to keep on upright posture while standing still or moving. People with
good balance are likely to be good, for example, at gymnastics and ice skating.

Examples of Balance Activities: Standing on one foot, Standing yoga poses, Using balance
discs to perform squats, lunges, and push-ups.

Coordination: The ability to use your senses together with your body parts or to two or
more body parts together.

Eye-Hand or Eye-Foot Coordination:

People with good eye-hand or eye-foot coordination are good at juggling and at hitting and
kicking games, such as soccer, baseball, volleyball, tennis, and golf.

Speed: The ability to perform a movement or cover a distance in a short time.

Examples of Speed Activities: For marathon training, for sprint training.

Reaction Time: The amount of time it takes you to move once you recognize the need to
act.

Examples of Reaction Time Activities: People with good reaction time can make fast starts in
track and swimming and can dodge fast attacks in fencing and karate.
Power: The ability to use strength quickly; thus it involves both strength and speed. It is
sometimes referred to as explosive strength.

Benefits of Regular Physical Activity:


- Exercise controls weight
- Exercise combats health conditions and diseases
- Exercise improves mood
- Exercise boosts energy
- Exercise promotes better sleep
- Exercise puts the spark back into your sex life
- Exercise can be fun... and social!

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