Physical Fitness

• A set of attributes that people have or achieve that relates to their ability (United States Department of Health and Human Services).

  Physical Fitness
• The ability of an individual to perform tasks successfully, effectively, and efficiently without undue fatigue but with extra-reserved in case of emergency.

  Physical Fitness
• Your definition of fitness will be influenced by your interests, physical abilities, and goals.
• What are the two components of fitness?

  • General Fitness
  • Specific Fitness
• A state of health & well-being.

  General Fitness
• The ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations.

  Specific Fitness
• Involves the components of physical fitness that relate to good health.

  Health-related fitness
• Health-related fitness is composed of?

  • Body composition
  • Cardiovascular fitness
  • Flexibility
  • Muscular strength
  • Muscular endurance
• Lower percentage of body fat and higher percentage of non-fat mass (bones, muscles, & organs).

  Body Composition
• Efficiency of transfer of oxygen & nutrients to lungs and blood vessels.

  Cardiovascular Fitness
• The ability of joints and muscles to move through their full range of motion efficiently and comfortably.

  Flexibility
• Different from muscle strength and the amount of force one’s muscle can produce.

  Muscular strength
• The ability of one’s muscle to keep working over a long period of time.

  Muscular endurance
• Involves the components of physical fitness that relate to enhanced performance in sports and motor skills.

  Skill-related fitness
• Skill-related fitness is composed of?

  • Agility
  • Balance
  • Power
  • Speed
  • Reaction time
• The ability of body to change position quickly.

  Agility
• The ability to keep an upright posture while moving or standing and integration of hand-eye movement.

  Balance
• It is a combination of speed and strength.

  Power
• Ability to cover a distance in a short period of time.

  Speed
• Senses and the ability to start a movement while senses signal to move.

  Reaction Time