Health-Related Fitness

Health-Related Fitness

5th Grade PE Lesson​

By Angela Hayhurst

Poll

Rate your knowledge of the 5 Components of Health-Related Fitness.

• Health-Related What?

• Is that about the PACER Test and stuff we take?

• I can name two of them out loud if you ask me.

• I can name all five and give you examples of each.

5 Components of Health-Related Fitness

​1. Cardiovascular Endurance

2. Flexibility

3. Muscular Strength

4. Muscular Endurance

​5. Body Composition

Also called cardiorespiratory endurance, the ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to the entire body during exercise

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Cardiovascular Endurance

Cardiovascular Endurance Exercises

Exercises that make your heart beat fast, make you breathe fast, and work your entire body improve your cardiovascular endurance.​

Some examples of cardiovascular endurance exercises are swimming, jumping rope, and biking. Can you think of others?

Open Ended

Jog in place and count to 50. Pay close attention to your body. Write two effects jogging had on your body.

The ability of muscles to move through a full range of motion

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​Flexibility

Flexibility Exercises

Exercises that stretch your muscles or make them feel strain will improve your flexibility.​

Some examples of flexibility exercises are stretches and yoga poses. What stretches can you name?

Open Ended

Sit down on the floor with your legs straight in front of you. Keep your legs straight and reach for your toes. Notice how far you can reach. Relax your muscles. Try again. Relax. Try one final time. What did you notice.

The ability of a group of muscles to exert the maximum amount one time

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​Muscular Strength

Muscular Strength Exercises

Exercises that strain your muscles to their maximum point of strength will improve your muscular strength.​

An example of a muscular strength exercise is max bench press. These types of exercises are not good for young children.​

The ability of a group of muscles to exert over a long period of time or repeatedly.

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​Muscular Endurance

Muscular Endurance Exercises

Exercises that stretch your muscles or make them feel strain will improve your flexibility.​

An example of muscular endurance exercises are push ups, sit ups, and lunges. What others do you know?

Multiple Choice

Do 20 lunges. What did you feel by the last one?

• Leg muscles were burning.

• Legs felt shaky

• Couldn't lunge as low by the last one

• All of the above

The amount of muscle, fat, and bone that makes up the body, often measured through BMI or Body Mass Index which is based on height and weight; a more accurate measurement is percent body fat

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​Body Composition

Body Composition

Exercises that improve your other components of fitness also improve your body composition.​ The best way to measure your body composition is by using skinfold calipers. These tools measure the amount of body fat. Sometimes people also use height​ and weight charts, but those are less accurate.

Let's Find Out What You Learned

​Time for a little game to test your knowledge.

Read the questions and answers carefully. Choose the best answer to the question.