Components of Fitness
Major Muscles of the Body
Wellness Wheel
Physical Health
More Components of Fitness
100
The ability to retain the center of mass above a base of support in a STATIONARY position.
What is balance?
100
The large muscle at the front of the upper arm that flexes the forearm.
What is the bicep?
100
This section of the wellness wheel encourages participation in regular physical activities that improve cardiovascular endurance, flexibility and muscular strength
What is physical health?
100
It is recommended that children receive this much moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.
What is 60 minutes?
100
This is the time taken to respond to a certain STIMULUS
What is reaction time?
200
The range of limb movement around the joints
What is flexibility?
200
A large three-headed muscle running along the back of the upper arm and serving to extend the forearm.
What is the tricep?
200
This section of the wellness wheel addresses values and ethics and the degree to which our actions are consistent with these values
What is spiritual health?
200
These are the five food groups
What are fruits, vegetables, protein, grains and dairy?
200
This is the quickness in movement of a limb
What is speed?
300
The ability to control the movement of the body in co-operation with the body's SENSORY functions.
What is coordination?
300
The large chest muscle that assists in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
What is the pectoral muscle?
300
This section of the wellness wheel addresses awareness and acceptance of our own feelings and the feelings of others
What is emotional health?
300
This is the recommend amount of sleep that children ages 7-12 should get each night
What is 10-11 hours?
300
This is the ability to EXERT a force against a resistance
What is strength?
400
This is the product of a combination of strength and speed to produce movement.
What is power?
400
Any of the three muscles constituting the back of the upper leg that serve to flex the knee joint, adduct the leg, and extend the thigh.
What is the hamstring?
400
This section of the wellness wheel involves developing healthy relationships with those around you
What is social health?
400
An instrument that gauges the approximate distance traveled on foot by registering the number of steps taken.
What is a pedometer?
400
The ability to change the direction of the body in an EFFICIENT and EFFECTIVE manner.
What is agility?
500
This is the ability of muscles to make REPEATED contractions over a period of time.
What is muscular endurance?
500
The large four-part extensor muscle at the front of the thigh
What is the quadricep?
500
This section of the wellness wheel encourages continued learning, problem solving and creativity.
What is intellectual health?
500
This fitness test is often abbreviated as PACER
What is the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run?
500
This is the ability of your heart and lung systems to CONTINUOUSLY provide enough energy to sustain sub maximal levels of exercise
What is cardiovascular endurance?