Health-Components of Fitness
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Muscular Strength and Endurance
Flexibility
Body Composition
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How many components of fitness are there?
Five.
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What two parts of the body are working together to improve this component?
Heart and lungs.
100
The ability of a muscle to exert force during an activity is...
Muscular strength.
100
What athlete would use flexibility most regularly?
Gymnast.
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What does fatty mass include?
Body fat.
200
Who are these health components of important for ?
Everyone.
200
Would stretching be a good activity to improve this health component of fitness?
No.
200
The ability of a muscle to withstand repeated contractions for an extended period of time is...
Muscular endurance.
200
What is flexibility?
The ability of your muscules and joints to move through a full range of motion.
200
What does lean mass include?
Muscle, bone, internal organs, skin, and body water.
300
These components represent how _____________ the body is as a whole.
Fit.
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What types of activities will improve this component?
Running, swimming, cycling, etc.
300
What do strong muscules help us with? (2 out of 3)
Everyday activities, sports performance, and prevent injury.
300
If you have an active lifestyle your muscles will stay...
Elastic.
300
Why does a person need body fat?
Regulate body temperature and cushion organs.
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Is heart rate a health component of fitness?
No.
400
The ability of the heart and lungs to work well together during physical activity is...
Cardiorespiratory endurance.
400
What types of weights would you lift for muscular strength and endurance.
Muscular strength is heavy weights, not a lot of times. Muscular endurance is light weights for a lot of times.
400
What are the two types of stretches?
Static and dynamic.
400
Body weight is important because ___________ weight could be misleading.
Scale weight.
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Name all five health components of fitness.
Cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular stength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
500
What is target heart rate?
The number of times the heart has to beat per minute for that activity to be considered good cardiorespratory endurance.
500
Can the same exercise be used for muscular strength and endurance? Why?
Yes, because everyone is different and needs to improve on different things. For example, a push up. One person may work on muscular endurance by doing many pull ups, while another person is only able to do one pull up which would be muscular strengh.
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What is an example of a test for flexibility?
Sit and reach
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What are the three ways to measure body composition?
What is skinfold callipers, Bioelectrical Impendance and underwater weighing