Transcript Health related Fitness Components

 Fitness
measures a person’s
suitability to perform a certain
task, for example you can be fit to
drive, fit to work, fit to look after
children and so on. In the
sporting context we think of
fitness as a person’s physiological
capability to perform a specific
physical task or set of tasks.
 Aerobic
fitness is also
called cardio-respiratory
fitness or endurance and is
your body’s capacity to
work continuously for long
periods of time
 Often
when people talk about
‘being fit’ they are referring to
their level of aerobic fitness.
 There are many health benefits
for people who are aerobically
fit. This is a factor in coronary
heart disease, hypertension
and weight loss
 The
force that muscles or a
group of muscles can exert in
one max exertion or
contraction.
 The
ability of a muscle or
group of muscles to contract
repeatedly over a period of
time
 Flexibility
is the range of
movement that muscles,
tendons and ligaments allow
at a joint. It is specific to each
joint and spots require
different degrees of flexibility
 Looks
at the percentage of fat,
bone, muscle etc in your body
and gives a view of your
overall health status,
particularly the ratio of fat to
lean muscle
Ectomorphs – tend to be tall and thin
 Mesomorphs – are muscular
 Endomorphs – tend to be short with
more body fat

 Defined
as the
ability to quickly
get the body
moving
 Defined
as the
ability to change
direction
suddenly when
moving
 Defined
as
the ability to
generate max
force quickly
 Defined
as the
time it takes to
process and
initiate action

The ability to
combine senses
and body
movement to
produce actions
that flow and are
accurate.
 Being
able to maintain a state
of equilibrium whilst
stationary and whilst moving.
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