Components of Fitness

The ability to move your joints through a full range of motion

• Muscular strength

• Flexibility

• Agility

• Reaction time

What is balance?

• The ability to maintain the centre of mass over base of support

• The time it takes to respond to a stimulus

• The ability to change direction quickly and precisely

• The ability to combine strength and speed

What is cardiovascular endurance?

• he relative ratio of fat mass to fat-free mass in the body.

• Distance divided by the time taken. Measured in metres per second (m/s).

• The ability of the cardiorespiratory system to work efficiently, supplying nutrients and oxygen to working muscles during sustained physical activity.

• The ability of the muscular system to work efficiently, where a muscle can continue contracting over a period of time against a light to moderate fixed resistance load.

What is the maximum force that can be generated by a muscle or muscle group?

• Muscular strength

• Speed

• Flexibility

• Muscular endurance

What is the percentage of body weight that is fat, muscle and bone?

• Balance

• Flexibility

• Body Composition

• Muscular endurance

Which of these activities would be good for increasing flexibility?

• Golf

• Rugby

• Netball

• Yoga

You HAVE to be an athlete to be physically fit?

• True

• False

Which of these would be a good muscular endurance test?

• 1 rep max bench test

• Push up test

• 1 mile run

• none of the previous

What is the amount of force that can be produced by a single contraction of a muscle?

• Agility

• Muscular strength

• Muscular endurance

• Cardiovascular endurance

What is speed?

• The ability to demonstrate good flexibility

• The ability to travel

• The ability to cover distance in a short amount of time.

• A type of cardiovascular endurance