components of physical fitness-- health

Question 1

muscular endurance is the capacity of a muscle to what?

Answer 1

exert a force repeatedly over a period of time

Question 2

muscular endurance is also the ability to hold what?

Answer 2

a fixed or static contraction

Question 3

muscular strength is the capacity of a muscle to do what?

Answer 3

exert a force against a resistance

Question 4

muscular strength is also the strength training results in what?

Answer 4

• some enlargement of the muscle fibres

- relative increase in one’s ability to apply a force

Question 5

what is flexibility?

Answer 5

the ability to move the joints– to bend, stretch and twist

Question 6

what does flexibility refer to?

Answer 6

the use of a muscle throughout its range of motion

Question 7

good joint mobility provides what?

Answer 7

increased resistance to muscle injury and soreness

Question 8

what is the most essential fitness component?

Answer 8

cardiorespiratory endurance

Question 9

what is cardiorespiratory endurance

Answer 9

the capacity of your heart/ lungs/ blood vessels to deliver nutrients and oxygen to your tissues and to remove waste

Question 10

what is body composition?

Answer 10

the relative amounts of fat and lean body tissue (muscle, bone) that make up the body