Types Of Fitness Flashcards
What are the six components of Total Fitness?
Physical Fitness Skill Related Fitness Mental and Emotional Fitness Medical Fitness Nutritional Fitness Social Fitness
What is Physical Fitness?
The ability of the systems of the body to work together efficiently to allow you to be healthy and perform activities of daily living
What are the 5 components of Physical-related Fitness?
Cardiovascular Strength Muscular Endurance Flexibility Body Composition
What is Cardiovascular fitness?
Pertaining to the ability of the lungs and heart to take in, transport and utilise oxygen
What is Muscular Strength?
The ability to generate force
What is Muscular Endurance?
The ability of the muscles to generate low levels of force for an extended period of time
What is Flexibility and Mobility?
The ability to move a joint or joints through a wide, healthy range of movement
What is Body Composition?
Describing the relationship between fat and lean body weight
What is Skill related fitness?
The interaction between the nervous system and the muscular system
What are the 7 components of skill related fitness?
Speed Power Reaction time Balance Coordination Proprioception Agility
What is Speed?
The quickness of movement
What is Power?
Force developed quickly
What is Reaction time?
The ability to respond quickly to a stimulus
What is Balance?
The ability to keep the centre of mass over the base of support
What is Coordination?
The ability to move multiple limbs harmoniously and accurately
What is Proprioception?
The ability to sense where limbs are placed by feel alone
What is Agility?
Rapid changes of direction
What Factors influence health and fitness?
Age
Gender
Physique/body type
What are the 3 Somatypes? (Explain each)
Ectomorph - Naturally slim, lightly muscled
Mesomorph - Tendency to be naturally lean and muscular
Endomorphs - Propensity toward fat storage
