Lesson 1 in PE:

Physical Fitness: Concepts and

Assessments
PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire)

QUESTION:
 Has your doctor ever said that you have a heart condition and
that you should only do physical activity recommended by a
doctor?
 Do you feel pain in your chest when you do physical activity?
 In the past month, have you had chest pain when you were not
doing physical activity?
 Do you lose your balance because of dizziness or have you ever
lost consciousness?
PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire)

QUESTION:
 Do you have a bone or joint problem (for example, back, knee,
hip) that could be made worse by a change in your physical
activity?
 Are your doctor currently prescribing drugs for your heart
condition?
 Do you know of any other reason why you should not do
physical activity?
Let’s see what the questionnaire revealed about your fitness:

 If you answered YES to any of these questions, talk

with your doctor before you start engaging in physical
activity. Tell your doctor about the PAR-Q and which
questions you answered yes.
 If you answered NO to all PAR-Q questions, you can
take start participating in physical activity.
 Being Physically Fit
 Ladies, being physically fit is not just about looking good in a bikini or
having a tight backside or not having fat dangling from your arms when
waving.
 Gentlemen, being physically fit is not about how much weight you can
bench press, how big your biceps are or whether you have a four pack or a
six pack for abs. Believe me, this is all good stuff.
 However, everyone should consider all aspects of physical fitness in order
to be defined as a physically fit individual
 What are the components of fitness?

 To give an accurate components of fitness definition, we first need to define

what ‘fitness’ itself means as a holistic term.
 According to the Oxford dictionary, fitness is ‘the condition of being
physically fit and healthy.’ If we take this simple knowledge and then begin
to break down the meaning of ‘fitness’ into different categories, we have the
components of fitness.
Health – Related Components
of Physical Fitness
Cardiovascular Endurance

 It’s the body’s ability to perform aerobic

exercise for an extended period of time. It
relies on the heart, lungs, and blood
vessels to work in unison to ensure the
proper transportation of oxygen and
nutrients to tissues within the body, as
well as removing metabolic waste.
 Muscular Endurance & Muscular Strength
 Muscular Endurance - It refers to the
fatigue resisting ability of skeletal muscles
when they are contracted using less than the
maximal force for an extended time period.
 Muscular Strength - Muscular endurance
refers to how long your muscles can work
for without fatiguing, while muscular
strength is all about how much force your
muscles can exert in one blow.
Flexibility
 Flexibility - How your joints move through
their full ROM (range of motion).

 Body Composition - refers to the amount of

body fat mass that you’re storing in
comparison to fat-free mass, which is made up
of organs, muscles, and bone etc.
 Body Composition

 refers to the amount of body fat

mass that you’re storing in
comparison to fat-free mass, which
is made up of organs, muscles, and
bone etc.
Skill – Related Components of
Physical Fitness
Power
 it is the ability to apply maximum force as
quickly as possible. Speed and strength
actually come under ‘power’ as a fitness
component, but can also be viewed on
their own.
 Speed
 it refers to the ability to complete a
certain physical activity as fast as
possible.
Agility
 it refers to the ability to move
swiftly and with ease during
physical activity. However, it also
involves being able to change
direction effectively and without
injury.
 Coordination

 It refers directly to your

capacity to maintain control
over your body’s movements,
especially those that concern
the limbs.
 Balance
 Although pretty self-explanatory, that
doesn’t mean that balance isn’t one of the
skill-related fitness components that you
shouldn’t work on. It’s actually pretty
difficult when put into practice… let us
show you what we mean!
 Reaction Time

 It is the amount of time

that it takes you to react
to an impulse or need to
move in another
direction.