Lifetime Fitness Education HealthRelated Fitness Components Fitness Defined

Lifetime Fitness Education Health-Related Fitness Components

Fitness Defined n (Health-Related) Physical Fitness u Measure of a person’s ability to perform physical activities requiring: t Endurance t Strength t Flexibility

Physical Fitness Includes n Skill-Related Fitness n Health-Related Fitness

Skill-Related Fitness Components Agility n Balance n Coordination n Power n Reaction time n Speed n

AGILITY The ability to change body position and direction quickly and efficiently. n Key activities such as: basketball, soccer, racquet sports, skiing, ect: any sport/activity you need to change direction quickly. n

BALANCE The ability to maintain the body in proper equilibrium. n Key in activities such as: gymnastics, diving, skating, skiing, football, wrestling etc. . n Stork Balance Stand Test n

COORDINATION n n n The integration of the nervous and the muscular systems to produce correct, graceful, and harmonious body movements. Key in wide variety of activities: golf, basketball, baseball, soccer, karate – anywhere hand – eye- foot movements must be integrated. Soda Pop Test

POWER The ability to produce maximum force in the shortest time. n By c 0 ombining power, speed and force (strength) – allows a person to produce explosive movements: jumping, shot put, spiking/throwing/hitting a ball. n Standing Long Jump Test n

REACTION TIME The time required to initiate a response to a given stimulus n Important for starts of races, racquet sports, and self defense. n http: //faculty. washington. edu/chudler/java/r edgreen. html n

SPEED The ability to propel the body or a part of the body rapidly form one point to another. n Many if not most sport and activities required bursts of speed at some point. n 40 -Yard Dash n

Health-Related Fitness Components n Aerobic Fitness n Muscular Strength n Muscular Endurance n Flexibility n Body Composition

Aerobic Fitness The ability to perform large muscle, dynamic, moderate- to high-intensity exercise for prolonged periods

Muscular Strength and Enduran • • Muscular strength-The ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert a maximal force against a resistance one time through the full range of motion. Muscular endurance-The ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert submaximal force repeatedly over a period of time.

Flexibility The ability to move a joint through its complete ROM, or range of motion

Body Composition Used to describe the percentages of fat, bone and muscle in human bodies.