Components of Fitness

Muscular strength is:

• the ability for arm muscles to lift weights over your head

• the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert maximum force

• the ability to run more than one mile

• the ability to jump over a car

The make-up of the body in terms of lean mass (muscle, bone, vital tissue and organs) and fat mass.

• Cardiovascular Endurance

• Spot Reducing

• Flexibility

• Body Composition

The ability for a muscle to work against a resistance for an extended period of time is

• Muscular strength

• Flexibility

• Cardiovascular endurance

• Muscular endurance

The ability to move joints and use muscles through their full range of motion.

• Muscular Endurance

• Muscular Strength

• Flexibility

• Cardiovascular Endurance

Running, swimming, and using an elliptical machine are all ways to improve your:

• cardiorespiratory endurance

• muscular strength

• muscular endurance

• flexibility

The ability of the heart, lungs and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to working muscles and tissues during

physical activity for a long period of time

• Muscular Strength

• Muscular Endurance

• Cardiorespiratory Endurance

• Body Composition

The benefits of a healthy body composition include: (check all that apply)

• reduces risk of heart disease

• reduces risk of diabetes

• reduces risk of over eating

• reduces risk of high blood pressure

• reduces risk of stroke