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    Fitness



    Physical fitness! For an overview of Definitions see Health, Fitness, and Physical Activity at the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports website.

    One widely published definition is "a set of attributes that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform physical activity" (USDHHS, 1996). In other words, it is more than being able to run a long distance or lift a lot of weight at the gym. Being fit is not defined only by what kind of activity you do, how long you do it, or at what level of intensity. While these are important measures of fitness, they only address single areas.

    Overall, fitness has five main components:

    Cardiorespiratory endurance
    This is attained mainly through aerobic exercise or physical activities that cause a faster heart beat, deeper and more rapid breathing, and sweating. Examples are brisk walking, jogging, and dancing

    Muscular strength
    Strength training against increasing resistance

    Muscular endurance
    Repeated movements against a lower resistance

    Body composition
    Attained through aerobic exercise, strength training or muscular endurance often combined with a change in diet

    Flexibility
    This is attained through activities that stretch the joints through their widest range of movement, such as yoga and Pilates.

    For more information on fitness see the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention page on physical fitness, and the American College of Sports Medicine site and physical activity posting at this website.

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    1 Comments:

    At 10:06 AM, Blogger Danna Crawford said...

    ~*~*~ "May the Lord give you increase more and more, You and your children.
    May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth." ~*~*~
    Psalm 115:14-15

     

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