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Fitness Principles
What does it mean to be Physically Fit
Skill Related Fitness Vs. Health Related Fitness
Can you guess the meaning / difference?
Vs.
Skill Related Fitness
• Skill Related Fitness: The attributes that make you athletic or good at sports.
• Examples: speed, agility, hand-eye coordination, foot-eye coordination, quickness, explosive power, balance.
Skill- Related Fitness
- Many of these attributes are hereditary from your genes. - It is more difficult to improve upon these
attributes
Health-Related Fitness
• Only partially hereditary• Hard work can produce significant increases• Sweat Equity!
Health-Related Fitness
• The physical attributes that make a person healthy / physically fit.
• There are 5 basic components of health- related fitness.
Can you name one???
Cardiovascular Fitness
• The efficiency of your heart and lungs to transport blood (full of oxygen) to the body.
• Regular cardiovascular exercise will help improve the efficiency of this process.
• The body takes in oxygen, utilizes it, and then gets rid of the waste. (carbon dioxide and excess water).
• Nearly 100,000 beats per day. No Breaks!
Muscular Strength• The muscle’s ability to generate strength.• How much force can you exert? • You can improve this area by using resistance training. (Weights, body
weight exercises)
Muscular Endurance
• Your ability to produce force over a period of time. • How long can your muscles perform? • Best improved with body weight exercises, lighter
weight exercises, yoga, circuit training.
Flexibility
• The range of motion within a joint or series of joints, and muscle length.
• Improved by stretching, yoga, gymnastics, other movements that stretch the muscles.
Body Composition
• Lean mass vs. fat• Different from BMI• Measured by the actual amount of lean mass
vs. body fat
• How is it measured / estimated?