PHYSICAL EDUCATION PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST

PHYSICAL FITNESS - the ability to perform daily task efficiently • This will help you learn how to test your yourself.
with less effort and still have the energy to perform extra • it will also help you to identify your strength
activities. and the areas of the fitness that needs
FITNESS- pertains to the set of activities that enables you to improvement.
engage in physical activities. • You can assess and improve/ attain your
desired fitness level.
3 MAJOR COMPONENTS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS • This will help you learn how physical fitness
1. HEALTH RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS – relates to your health status.
composed of components that relate with good health
or less tendency to develop illness.
2. SKILL- RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS – is made up
of components pertaining to fast learning and
development of motor skills plus the ability to reach
high performance level in sports.
3. PHYSIOLOGICAL FITNESS – relates to biological
systems that are influenced by one’s level of habitual
physical activity.

HEALTH RELATED PHYISCAL FITNESS

• CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE - The

ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to
the muscles during long periods of exercise.
• MUSCULAR STRENGTH- The ability of a muscle
or muscles to push / pull an object using Total
Force. (Less than 12 Reps)
• MUSCULAR ENDURANCE- The ability of a
muscle or muscles to repeat a movement many
times or hold a position for an extended period of
time. (More than 12 Reps)
• FLEXIBILITY- The ability of a muscle or muscles
to move a joint through its full range of motion.
• BODY COMPOSITION- What the body is made of.
Muscle Mass vs. Fat Mass.

SKILLS RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS

• SPEED- The ability to move quickly from one point

to another
• AGILITY- The ability of the body to change
direction quickly
• BALANCE- The ability to maintain an upright
posture while still or moving
• COORDINATION- Integration with hand and/or
foot movements with the input of the senses.
• REACTION TIME- Amount of time it takes to get
moving.
• POWER- The ability to do strength work at an
explosive pace.

PHYSIOLOGICAL FITNESS

• BONE INTEGRITY- Term refers to the ability of

a bone to function as component of the whole
body, sustaining anticipated loads.
• METABOLIC FITNESS- as the ratio between
mitochondrial capacity for substrate utilization and
maximum oxygen uptake of the muscle.
• MORPHOLOGICAL FITNESS- - A non-
performance component of physical fitness
related to body composition factors such as body
circumferences, body fat content and regional
body fat distribution