Fitness Principles

What does it mean to be Physically Fit

Skill Related Fitness Vs. Health Related Fitness

Can you guess the meaning / difference?

Vs.

Skill Related Fitness

• Skill Related Fitness: The attributes that make you athletic or good at sports.

• Examples: speed, agility, hand-eye coordination, foot-eye coordination, quickness, explosive power, balance.

Skill- Related Fitness

- Many of these attributes are hereditary from your genes. - It is more difficult to improve upon these

attributes

Health-Related Fitness

• Only partially hereditary• Hard work can produce significant increases• Sweat Equity!

Health-Related Fitness

• The physical attributes that make a person healthy / physically fit.

• There are 5 basic components of health- related fitness.

Can you name one???

Cardiovascular Fitness

• The efficiency of your heart and lungs to transport blood (full of oxygen) to the body.

• Regular cardiovascular exercise will help improve the efficiency of this process.

• The body takes in oxygen, utilizes it, and then gets rid of the waste. (carbon dioxide and excess water).

• Nearly 100,000 beats per day. No Breaks!

Muscular Strength• The muscle’s ability to generate strength.• How much force can you exert? • You can improve this area by using resistance training. (Weights, body

weight exercises)

Muscular Endurance

• Your ability to produce force over a period of time. • How long can your muscles perform? • Best improved with body weight exercises, lighter

weight exercises, yoga, circuit training.

Flexibility

• The range of motion within a joint or series of joints, and muscle length.

• Improved by stretching, yoga, gymnastics, other movements that stretch the muscles.

Body Composition

• Lean mass vs. fat• Different from BMI• Measured by the actual amount of lean mass

vs. body fat

• How is it measured / estimated?