Soc 2-Health Related Components Of Fitness Flashcards
What are the five health related components of fitness?
Muscular strength
Cardiovascular
Flexibility
Body composition
Muscular endurance
Cardiovascular fitness
The ability to exercise your whole body for long periods of time
What type of athlete needs cardiovascular fitness?
Sporstspeople such as marathon runners. An example is Mo Farah.
Muscular strength
The amount of force a muscle can exert against a resistance
What sports require muscular strength?
Olympic weightlifting or football for a defender needing to shield a ball using his lower body(quadriceps)
Muscular endurance
The ability to use voluntary muscles repeatedly without getting tired
Flexibility
The range of motion of your joints
Body composition
The percentage of body weight that is muscle, fat or bone
How will cardiovascular fitness impact performance if it is developed?
It will allow a tennis player to still have energy in the latter stages of the game to help them overcome their opponent.
How will muscular strength impact performance if it is developed?
For a rugby player if this is developed then they will be able to be strobger in the scrum to overcome the opponent and gain possesion for their team.
How will muscular endurance impact perfromwnce if it is developed.
For a rower it will allow them to still be able to perform their movements with the same efficiency and intensity throughout their race. This will make them quicker which will improve performance.
How will flexibility impact performance if it is developed?
Flexibility could allow a gymnast to perform moves such as the splits which could get them better scores from the judges.
What sports require flexibility?
Gymnasts require flexibility to perform certain movements like the splits.
