Basic Principles of Physical Fitness

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Five Health-Related Components of Physical Fitness

• Health-related fitness = physical capacities that contribute to health

1. Cardiovascular endurance = the body's ability to prolonged, large-muscle, dynamic exercise at moderate-to-high levels of intensity.

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Health-Related Components of Physical Fitness

2. Muscular strength

= the amount of force a muscle can produce with a single maximum effort

2. Muscular strength

= the amount of force a muscle can produce with a single maximum effort

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Health-Related Components of Physical Fitness

3. Muscular endurance

= the muscle's or group of muscles ability to

remain contracted or to contract repeatedly

Health-Related Components of Physical Fitness

4. Flexibility4. Flexibility

= the range of motion = the range of motion in a joint or group of in a joint or group of jointsjoints

4. Flexibility4. Flexibility

= the range of motion = the range of motion in a joint or group of in a joint or group of jointsjoints

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Health-Related Components of Physical Fitness

5. Body Composition

= the proportion of fat and fat-free (muscle,

bone, and water) in the body.

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