Components of Fitness
Guiding Questions
What is the difference between health-related and skill-related physical fitness?
Health-related fitness helps prevent disease, promotes health and is a key element in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. On the other hand skill-related fitness helps ones overall skill level.
What are the health-related components of physical fitness?
1. Cardiovascular Endurance
2. Muscular Strength
3. Muscular Endurance
4. Flexibility
5. Body Composition
2. Muscular Strength
3. Muscular Endurance
4. Flexibility
5. Body Composition
What are the skill-related components of physical fitness?
1. Agility
2. Balance
3. Coordination
4. Power
5. Reaction Time
6. Speed
2. Balance
3. Coordination
4. Power
5. Reaction Time
6. Speed
Why does a person not have to be a good athlete to be physically fit?
Being physically fit is some thing anyone can practice at any time. Therefore personal goals can be set and over time one can become a physically fit person. Athletes are athletes because they practice at what they do adn thats all anyone else have to do.