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Five Components of Physical Fitness for you

Five Components of Physical Fitness for you – While the definition of physical fitness can be a complex and little or no clear definition of physical fitness may vary, government health agencies and most sports scientists agree that there are 5 components of health-related physical fitness. This component is enough to give an accurate representation of how fit and healthy body as a whole (total or overall fitness). 5 components of cardiovascular fitness (also referred to as cardiac-respiratory endurance or resistance of the heart), muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition.

Let’s take a closer look at each of these components.

1) Cardiovascular fitness. (Or the cardiac-respiratory endurance or cardiovascular endurance)

Of the 5 components, fitness is the cornerstone of creating a path to improve your fitness level is another.

Cardiovascular fitness is the efficiency of the body (heart and lungs) to give oxygen and nutrients to the muscle work required and transportation of waste products from the cells during the sustained period of time. Or in other words, the ability of the heart and lungs to work together to provide the necessary oxygen and fuel for your body without quickly reaching high levels of fatigue and exhaustion. Read the rest of this entry »