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Question 1

What are the 5 health related components of fitness?

Answer 1

Cardiovascular fitness/endurance, Muscular strength, Muscular endurance, Flexibility, Body Composition

Question 2

Cardiovascular fitness

Answer 2

The ability to excercise your whole body for long periods of time.

Question 3

What athlete would require cardiovascular fitness?

Answer 3

A marathon runner because they need to be able to work their entire body for a long period of time.

Question 4

Muscular Strength

Answer 4

The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistence.

Question 5

Muscular Endurance

Answer 5

The ability to use voluntary muscles repeatedly without getting tired

Question 6

What athletes need muscular endurance?

Answer 6

Long distance cyclists need to have good muscular endurance to be able to work their legs for long periods of time.

Question 7

Flexibility

Answer 7

The range of motion of your joints.

Question 8

What athletes need flexibility?

Answer 8

Gymnasts will need good flexibilty to be able to do different excercises like flips and the splits. Also will be useful in hockey because they need to stay low to the putt.

Question 9

Body Composition

Answer 9

The percentage of body weight that is muscle, fat or bone.

Question 10

What athlete needs Body Composition?

Answer 10

Sumo wrestlers because they need to be as big and as heavy as possible to be able to push the opponent out the circle and make it as hard as possible to get pushed out the circle.