Fitness Components for Life
By Jasmine Hardin
Cardiovascular Endurance
This is how long and well the circulatory system has the ability to support your body during physical exercise.
Muscular Strength
this is the amount of power or force that each individual muscle can produce with a single motion.
Muscular Endurance
This is somewhat similar the cardiovascular endurance. (especially since the heart is a muscle) It refers to how long an muscle can exert a certain amount of strength.
Flexibility
This deals with how long, far, and wide ones muscular and skeletal structures will allow one to move.
Body Composition
This the general amount (in percentage) of what your body is made of such and body fat, water composition, and others.
Speed
Speed of course deals with how fast someone one or thing can make certain movements. Often judged by time and comparison to others doing the same movements.
Agility
Agility and speed are somewhat connected but, agility deals with how fast your body can move in different directions.
Balance
This deals with the action of keeping up a steady posture while moving o being still.
Coordination
This is the ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently.
Reaction Time
The time required for a person to respond to a set out arrangement of movements.
Power
The strength the body gives off by working muscles at a high pace.