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• Components of physical fitness

  • Cardiovascular endurance
  • Muscular endurance
  • Muscular strength
  • Flexibility
  • Body composition
• Cardiovascular endurance


  The ability of the heart and lungs to work together to provide the needed oxygen and fuel to the body during sustained workloads
• Cardiovascular-Respiratory Fitness


  Your body's ability to efficiently and effectively intake oxygen and deliver it to your body's tissues by way of the heart, lungs, arteries, vessels, and veins
• Muscular endurance


  A particular muscle group's ability to continuously contract against a given resistance
• Muscular strength


  The amount of force a particular muscle group can produce in one, all-out effort
• Flexibility


  The range of motion you have around a given joint
• Body composition


  The measurement of the relative amounts of a person's body's fat, muscle, bone and water
• Muscle fitness


  One's ability to use muscles for physical activities
• Stretching


  A form of physical exercise in which a specific muscle or tendon is deliberately flexed in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and achieve comfortable muscle tone
• Bone strengthening activity


  Produces an impact or tension force on the bones that promotes bone growth and strength
• Muscle strengthening activity


  Increases skeletal muscle strength, power, endurance and mass
• Aerobic physical activity


  A form of physical exercise that combine rhythmic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness
• BMI (Body Mass Index)


  A tool that healthcare providers use to estimate the amount of body fat by using your height and weight measurements