COMPONENTS COMPONENTS OF FITNESSOF FITNESS

COMPONENTS of FITNESSCOMPONENTS of FITNESS

PHYSICAL FITNESSPHYSICAL FITNESS CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCECARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE STRENGTHSTRENGTH MUSCLAR ENDURANCEMUSCLAR ENDURANCE FLEXIBILITYFLEXIBILITY POWERPOWER SPEEDSPEED

CARDIORESPIRATORY CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCEENDURANCE

THE ABILITY OF THE HEART, THE ABILITY OF THE HEART, RESPIRATORY (LUNGS), AND RESPIRATORY (LUNGS), AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS TO SUPPLY CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS TO SUPPLY OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS TO, THE OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS TO, THE WORKING MUSCLES OVER A LONG WORKING MUSCLES OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.PERIOD OF TIME.

STRENGTHSTRENGTH

THE ABILITY OF A THE ABILITY OF A MUSCLE OR GROUP MUSCLE OR GROUP OF MUSCLES TO OF MUSCLES TO EXERT A MAXIMAL EXERT A MAXIMAL FORCE AGAINST A FORCE AGAINST A RESISTANCE.RESISTANCE.

MUSCULAR ENDURANCEMUSCULAR ENDURANCE

THE ABILITY OF A MUSCLE OR THE ABILITY OF A MUSCLE OR GROUP OF MUSCLES TO SUSTAIN GROUP OF MUSCLES TO SUSTAIN REPEATED CONTRACTIONS OVER A REPEATED CONTRACTIONS OVER A LONG PERIOD, WITH MINIMAL LONG PERIOD, WITH MINIMAL FATIGUEFATIGUE

FLEXIBILITYFLEXIBILITY

THE ABILITY TO MOVE A BODY THE ABILITY TO MOVE A BODY PART THROUGH A FULL RANGE OF PART THROUGH A FULL RANGE OF MOTION ABOUT A JOINT, OR A MOTION ABOUT A JOINT, OR A SERIES OF JOINTSSERIES OF JOINTS

POWERPOWER

THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER ENERGY THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER ENERGY INTO FORCE QUICKLY IS POWER. IT INTO FORCE QUICKLY IS POWER. IT IS A COMBINATION OF STRENGTH IS A COMBINATION OF STRENGTH AND SPEEDAND SPEED

SPEEDSPEED

THE ABILITY TO THE ABILITY TO PERFORM A PERFORM A MOVEMENT IN A MOVEMENT IN A SHORT PERIOD SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.OF TIME.

SKILL RELATEDSKILL RELATED AGILITYAGILITY BALANCEBALANCE CO-ORDINATIONCO-ORDINATION REACTION TIMEREACTION TIME

COMPONENTS of FITNESSCOMPONENTS of FITNESS

AGILITYAGILITY

THE ABILITY TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS OF THE BODY QUICKLY AND OF THE BODY QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY ACCURATELY

BALANCEBALANCE

BALANCE IS THE BALANCE IS THE BODY’S ABILITY BODY’S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN TO MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM (STABILITY) WHILE (STABILITY) WHILE STATIONARY OR STATIONARY OR WHILE MOVING.WHILE MOVING.

CO-ORDINATIONCO-ORDINATION

CO-ORDINATION IS CO-ORDINATION IS THE BODY’S ABILITY THE BODY’S ABILITY TO SENSE WITH THE TO SENSE WITH THE BODY PARTS AND BODY PARTS AND EYES TO EYES TO COORDINATE AND COORDINATE AND PERFORM MOTOR PERFORM MOTOR TASKS SMOOTHLY TASKS SMOOTHLY AND ACCURATELYAND ACCURATELY

REACTION TIMEREACTION TIME

THE TIME ELAPSED THE TIME ELAPSED BETWEEN BETWEEN STIMULATION AND STIMULATION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING OF REACTION TO THAT REACTION TO THAT STIMULATION IS STIMULATION IS REACTION TIME.REACTION TIME.

NUTRITIONNUTRITION

THE FOODS A PERSON EATS IN A FIVE THE FOODS A PERSON EATS IN A FIVE TO SEVEN DAY PERIOD MAKE UP A DIET.TO SEVEN DAY PERIOD MAKE UP A DIET.

IN THE DIET, THE NUTRIENTS IN THE DIET, THE NUTRIENTS (carbohydrates, protein, vitamins & (carbohydrates, protein, vitamins & minerals, fats, water,) PROVIDE THE minerals, fats, water,) PROVIDE THE ENERGY NEEDED FOR ALL OF THE ENERGY NEEDED FOR ALL OF THE PREVIOUS COMPONENTSPREVIOUS COMPONENTS

A HEALTHY DIET WILL AID AN A HEALTHY DIET WILL AID AN INDIVIDUAL IN ACHIEVING A MAXIMAL INDIVIDUAL IN ACHIEVING A MAXIMAL LEVEL OF FITNESSLEVEL OF FITNESS

BODY COMPOSITIONBODY COMPOSITION THE RELATIVE THE RELATIVE

PROPORTION OF BODY PROPORTION OF BODY FAT TO LEAN BODY FAT TO LEAN BODY MASS.MASS.

BODY COMPOSITION IS BODY COMPOSITION IS AFFECTED BY AFFECTED BY GENETICS AND THE GENETICS AND THE FIVE OTHER FIVE OTHER COMPONENTS OF COMPONENTS OF FITNESSFITNESS