5 Fitness Components

5 Fitness Components Lecture

We will discuss the 5 fitness components

5 Fitness Components

Cardiovascular Endurance

Flexiiblity

Muscular Strength

Muscular Endurance

Body Composition ( which is CANCELLED!!!)

Cardiovascular Endurance

• How efficiently your heart, blood vessels, and lungs to supply oxygen rich blood to working muscles during physical activity for a longer period of time ( more than 90 seconds)

• •Having conditioned HEART & LUNGS that can supply the body with oxygen without stress to the heart. 

Poll

Which of these listed exercises are an examples of Cardiovascular Endurance? ( multiple choice)

• Running

• Swimming

• Bicep Curl

• Hiking

• Biking

Flexibility

• the range of motion of muscle and connective tissues at a joint or group of joints

• The looseness or elasticity of a muscle, which allows the joint to move through a full range of motion

• Common Mistake- you should not stretch on cold muscles. You should participate in some kind of warming up like a light jog etc.

Poll

Which of these listed are examples of Flexibility Exercises?

• Butterfly

• Squats

• Neck Circles

• Bicep Curls

• Toe Touches

Muscular Endurance

the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to perform repetitive contractions against a force for an extended period of time

These exercises are usually BODY weight or very LOW weighted

Poll

Which of these exercises below would be muscular endurance exercises?

• light weighted bicep curl

• crunches

• Plank

• Heavy Squats

• splits

Muscular Strength

• the amount of force a muscle can produce with a single maximal effort

• This means its HARDER for you to do the movement... LOW reps.

• heavier weight... no body weight or light weights

Poll

Which of the exercises below are muscular strength exercises?

• Bicep curl w Heavy weight

• Air Squats

• Push ups

• Deadlifts w heavy weight

• Bench Press w heavy weights

Body composition/ CANCELLED

•  body composition is used to describe the percentages of fat, bone, water and muscle in human bodies

According to this chart:

I am 5 foot and I weight roughly 120 pounds

-This chart says I am on the boarder of being overweight

• This chart does NOT take into account the amount of lean muscle I have on my body, and that I do not have much fat, I have more muscle
• THIS IS WHY ITS CANCELLED

Poll

Which Weighs MORE? Muscle or Fat?

• FAT

• Muscle

• They are the same

Poll

is 5lbs of muscle SMALLER in size than 5lbs of Fat?

• Yes

• No

Poll

If I have been weight lifting and exercising regularly and have noticed I have lost weight in my tummy but I have stayed the same weight on the scale, that could be because?

• I lost fat but I gained Muscle

• I wasn't losing fat

• I lost only muscle