HEALTH RELATED

FITNESS COMPONENTS
BODY COMPOSITION
• Used to describe the contents of your body.
• Having the knowledge of the measurements of these
components will help you understand how your body
works and what should you do in order to attain your
health and fitness goals.
• The body mass index, or BMI for short, gives you an
estimate of your body fat percentage.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
BMI CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
 CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS
• Ability of the heart and lungs to provide oxygen to
working muscles during long periods of physical
activity.
• If a person gets tired after just a short walk or a short
run, it may mean that he or she has a loc CV fitness
level.
• Aerobic exercises are a primary example. Walking,
running, cycling, swimming and hiking are all
examples of aerobic exercises.
 Fitness Testing
• Warm up, then walk 1 mile as fast as you can
without straining. Record your time to the
nearest second.
• Immediately after the walk, count your heart rate
for 15 seconds, then multiply by 4 to get a 1 –
minute rate. Record your heart rate.
• Use your walking time and your post-exercise
heart rate to determine your rating.
 FLEXIBILITY
• The ability of a muscle and/or joint to
move through its full range of motion.
• It allows the joint or muscle to stretch
more without discomfort or pain.
• If a person is flexible, he or she has a
decreased risk of injury.
 Shoulder Reach Flexibility Testing

• A simple test of shoulder flexibility.

 MUSCULAR STRENGTH
•Strength is defined as the ability to
exert maximum force against resistance.
•Your muscles will have limits on how
much force they can exert.
•Measuring muscular strength will
require lifting equipment.
 MUSCULAR ENDURANCE
• Endurance is tolerating a continuous process or
situation.
• Muscular endurance is the ability of the muscles
to exert force repeatedly.
• The force does not have to be strong, but
muscular endurance is how long the muscle can
endure while repeatedly doing the same action
for an extended period of time.
 Burpee Test
•A simple test of strength endurance,
agility, balance, and coordination, in
which the participant attempts the
maximum number of burpees in set time
period.
•Another name for the burpee is the squat
thrust and jump.
Tell what health-related component is
needed in each indicated activity:
 Activity Health – related
component
1. Carrying stand fan
2. Jogging
3. Getting the BMI
4. Carrying groceries from SLMCS to Sts. Peter and
Paul Cathedral
5. Splitting
6. Bicycling
7. Going to the 3rd floor using the stairs
8. Opening the whiteboard for the Television
9. Walking
10. Lifting 1 sack of rice