Components Of Fitness Flashcards
Cardiovascular fitness defenition
The ability too excersize your whole body for long periods of time
Muscular strength defenition
The amount of force a muscle can exert against a force
Muscular endurance defenition
The ability to use voluntary muscles repeatedly without getting tired
Flexebility defenition
The range of motion of your joints
Body composition defenition
The percentage of body weight that is muscle, fat or bone
You need cardiovascular fitness too play
Basketball
You need muscular strength too play
Rugby
You need muscular endurance too play
Tennis
You need flexibility too do
Gymnastics
You need body composition too play
Rugby
Agility
The ability to change a position and contril the body at speed
Balance
Being able to keep the body stable while at rest or on the move
Coordination
The ability to use two or more body parts together
Power
The ability to undertake strength performances quicklu. It can be written as a formula power x speed
Reaction time
The time between the stimulus and a movement in resoonse to it
Speed
The rate at which an individual can perform a movement or cover a distance
Hand grip test
Muscular strength. Grip onto it while reaching up and take it down with your arm straight in a clockwise motion
Vertical jump
Power. Put the board at the top of your fingertips while reaching up and vertically jump right in front of it
Harvard step test
Cardiovascular fitness. Test hour heartbeat after stepping on and off the bench once every two seconds for 5 minuets
30m sprint
Time how quickly you can sprint 30m
Sit and reach
Flexibility. With your shoes off reach with your legs straight against the board and reach as far as you can
Ilinois agility test
Agility. How quickly you can run through the cones
12 minute cooper run
Cardiovascular fitness. Run around the box as many times as you can in 1 minute
1 minute push up
Muscular endurance. How many push ups you can do in 1 minute
1 minute sit ups
Muscular endurance. How many sit ups you can do in 1 minute
Specifity
To focus on one element of training
Progressive overload
Too gradually increase the amount you’re doing
Individual needs
To focus on what you need for your sport
Fitt
Freguency, intensity, time, type
Rest
The period of time allocated to recovery
Adaptation
Your body’s response to training and how your body changes to cope with new activity
