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is considered the measure of the body’s ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist hypo kinetic diseases, and to meet emergency
situations.
Physical Fitness
Components of Physical Fitness
- Health Related Components
- Skill Related Components
Those factors that are related to how well the systems of your body work.
Health-Related Components
5 health-rated components
1.) Cardiovascular Fitness
2.) Body Composition
3.) Flexibility
4.) Muscular Strength
5.) Muscular Endurancs
6 skill-related components
1.) Speed
2.) Agility
3.) Balance
4.) Coordination
5.) Reaction Time
6.) Power
The ability of the circulatory system (heart and blood vessels) to supply oxygen to working muscles during exercise.
Cardiovascular Fitness
The relative percentage of body fat compared to lean body mass (muscle, bone, water, etc)
Body Composition
The range of movement
possible at various joints.
Flexibility
The amount of force that can be produced by a single contraction of a muscle
Muscular Strength
The ability of a muscle group to continue muscle movement over a length of time.
Muscular Endurance
The ability to move quickly from one point to another in a straight
line.
Speed
The ability of the body to change direction quickly.
Agility
The ability to maintain an
upright posture while still or moving.
Balance
Integration with hand and/or foot movements with the input of
the senses.
Coordination
Amount of time it takes to get moving.
Reaction Time
The ability to do strength
work at an explosive pace.
Power
Those aspects of fitness which
form the basis for successful
sport or activity participation.
Skill-Related Components
Benefits of Physical Fitness
•Vitality
•Posture
•Relieves low back pains
•Retards aging process
•Physical Fitness and ability to meet emergency needs
•Neuromuscular skill
•Relaxation
•Improvement of personality and social skills
•Mental Fitness
•General Health
Benefits of Physical Fitness
•Vitality
•Posture
•Relieves low back pains
•Retards aging process
•Physical Fitness and ability to meet emergency needs
•Neuromuscular skill
•Relaxation
•Improvement of personality and social skills
•Mental Fitness
•General Health
muscles are basic for all body action. They increase in strength with activity and deteriorate from lack of it. Fit muscles use less energy to
perform same task, leading to an increase in vitality.
Vitality
a physical fit person is able to maintain his general postural alignment better than those with weak musculature. Good fitness, as the program stressed, is the development of anti- gravity muscles which maintain good abdominal wall,
the arm and shoulder girdle.
Posture
lack of physical activity has been found to be the major cause for some cases of pain in the lower back. Most adults who suffers from low back pain fight it off through some exercises that strength their back and abdominal
muscles.
Relieves low back pain
continued participation in regular exercises of proper amount and severity are considerable value in postponing deterioration that
usually takes place as a person grows old.
Retards aging process
the body that is accustomed to sedentary living habits can usually operate ineffectively even
though it is operating at near maximum effort.
Physical Fitness and ability to meet emergency needs
the smooth, efficient coordination of the muscles system is improved as a
result of regular participation in physical activity.
Neuromuscular skill
the smooth, efficient coordination of the muscles system is improved as a
result of regular participation in physical activity.
Neuromuscular skill
over active minds in under active bodies often need physical outlets for accumulated emotional and muscular tensions that seem to be
relieved by actions of skeletal muscles.
Relaxation
participation in physical activities help individual to develop better personality and desirable social
skills/.
Improvement of personality and social skills
because of the mental and physical relaxation that often results from physical activity, regular exercises is thought to be of considerable value in aiding the mental
process to function with increased efficiency.
Mental Fitness
because of the mental and physical relaxation that often results from physical activity, regular exercises is thought to be of considerable value in aiding the mental
process to function with increased efficiency.
Mental Fitness
a physically fit person usually possesses a high degree of general resistance,
which enables him to avoid illnesses.
General Health
