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Fitness Terms.
The eleven components of fitness.
These six terms are referred to as: Health Related Fitness.
- Body Composition - The relative percentage of muscle, fat, bone, and other tissues of which the body is
composed.
- Cardiovascular Fitness - The ability of the heart, blood vessels, blood, and respiratory system to supply fuel,
particularly oxygen, throughout the muscles; and the ability of the muscles to utilize fuel to allow sustained
exercise.
- Flexibility - the range of motion available in a given joint.
- Muscular Endurance - The ability of the muscles to repeatedly exert themselves.
- Muscular Strength - The ability to exert an external force or to lift a heavy weight.
- Balance - The maintenance of equilibrium while stationary or during movement.
These five terms are referred to as: Skill or Performance Related Fitness.
- Agility - The ability to rapidly and accurately change the direction of the movement of the entire body in space.
- Coordination - The ability to use the senses with the body parts to perform motor tasks smoothly and
accurately.
- Power - The ability to transfer energy into force at a fast rate.
- Reaction Time - The time elapsed between stimulation and the beginning of reaction to that stimulation.
- Speed - The ability to perform a movement in a short period of time.