The Components of Physical Fitness are Cardiorespiratory Endurance

The Components of Physical Fitness are: • • • Cardiorespiratory Endurance Muscular Strength Muscular Endurance Flexibility Body Composition

Cardiorespiratory Endurance • Heart and Lung Endurance is the ability to do activities that require increased oxygen.

Muscular Strength • Muscular Strength is the ability to use your muscles to perform various activities.

Muscular Endurance • Muscular Endurance is the ability to use muscular strength over a set period of time.

Flexibility • Flexibility is the ability to bend and move the joints through a full range of motion.

Body Composition • Body Composition is the % of body fat compared to the % of lean muscle tissue.

All of these components should be included in your personal fitness plan.

Examples of Flexibility are: • Stretching – sit and reach – hamstring stretch – calf raises – quad stretch – triceps stretch – trunk flex

Examples of Muscular Strength and Endurance Activities are: • • Push ups Crunches Lifting Weights Jump and Jacks Jogging Speed Walking Bicycling

Examples of Heart and Lung Endurance Activities are: • Any activity that you perform for 15 minutes or more that makes your heart rate increase significantly. – Jogging – Bicycling – Jump roping – Step Aerobics – Swimming

Body Composition is a result of the amount of exercise that you participate in on a regular basis and your diet.

Vocab Quiz: Name the Term 1) Involves intense short bursts of activity in which the muscles work so hard they produce energy without using any oxygen 2) The ability to move a body part through a full range of motion 3) The process by which your body gets energy from food.

Vocab (cont. ) 4) A way of life that involves little physical activity. 5) Any activity that uses large muscle groups, is rhythmic in nature, and can be maintained continuously for at least 10 minutes 3 times a day, or for 30 minutes at once.