Health-Related Fitness
What is the ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to the muscles during exercise?
Cardiorespiratory endurance
What skill-related component helps a gymnast maintain control on the balance beam?
Balance
What test is used to measure cardiorespiratory endurance in schools?
Beep test / Yo-Yo test
What principle states that training must match the demands of a sport or activity?
Specificity
Running a marathon requires a high level of which fitness component?
Cardiorespiratory endurance
This component is about the ability of muscles to exert force for a short duration.
Muscular strength
The time it takes to respond to a stimulus, like a sprinter reacting to the starting gun.
Reaction time
This test requires you to perform as many push-ups as possible to assess muscular endurance.
Push-up test
What training principle refers to gradually increasing the intensity of workouts?
Progressive overload
A weightlifter needs a high level of this component to lift heavy weights.
Muscular strength
What fitness component measures the proportion of fat to lean body mass?
Body composition
The ability to change direction quickly, important in sports like netball or basketball.
Agility
What piece of equipment is used to measure flexibility in the sit-and-reach test?
Sit-and-reach box
Name one way you can apply the FITT principle to improve cardiorespiratory endurance.
Increasing the time or frequency of running sessions
A sprinter’s ability to cover 100m in a short time depends mostly on this component.
Speed
Holding a stretch for 30 seconds helps improve this fitness component.
Flexibility
Which component combines strength and speed to produce an explosive movement?
Power
The Illinois Agility Test is used to measure which component of fitness?
Agility
What principle explains why fitness gains are lost when training stops?
Reversibility
Performing a plank for two minutes requires good ________.
Muscular endurance
Name two benefits of improving muscular endurance.
Improved stamina, reduced injury risk, better posture
Dribbling a basketball requires a high level of this skill-related component.
Coordination
What fitness test measures lower-body power by recording how high you can jump?
Vertical jump test
Which principle suggests that training should include variation to prevent boredom and overuse injuries?
Variety
Gymnasts and dancers often have excellent ________, allowing them to move through a full range of motion.
Flexibility