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• Gyms and fitness classes always ask you to complete a PARQ before joining.
• A component of fitness is a way of identifying or talking about a certain part of a persons fitness
• Two categories of components of fitness health related fitness and skill related fitness
• Health Fitness includes muscular, endurance, body composition, cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility
• Skill related fitness includes speed, power, coordination, reaction time, agility and balance
• Muscular endurance is the ability to use voluntary muscles many times without getting tired
• Muscular endurance is needed by marathon Cyclists and rowers
• Body composition, the percentage of body weight, which is fat, muscle and bone
• Cardiovascular fitness is the ability to exercise entire body for long period of time without getting tired
• Good cardiovascular fitness is needed by basketballers and rugby players
• Strength is the amount of force muscle can exert against resistance
• Strength is needed by bodybuilders and rugby players
• Flexibility is the range of movement possible at a joint
• Flexibility is needed by ballet and gymnastics
• Speed is the amount of time it takes to perform a particular action or cover particular distance
• Speed is needed by a sprinter and a footballer
• Power is the ability to do. Strength performances quickly.
• Power is needed by sprinters and boxers
• Coordination is ability to use two or more body parts together
• And I coordination is needed by cricket and tennis players
• Foot coordination is needed by footballers and rugby players
• Reaction time is the time it takes to respond to stimulus
• Splinters and goalkeepers need good reaction time
• Agility is the ability to change the position of the body quickly while maintaiNing control of the movement
• People who need agility or rugby players, and footballers
• Balance is the ability to retain the body center of mass above the base support
• Balance is needed by ballet and gymnastics