What is the Meaning of Fitness
The United States Department of Health and Human Service (USDHHS) say the meaning of fitness is to be physically fit, which is a set of attributes in which people have or achieved that relates to the ability to perform physical activities. According to other sources, physical fitness is the ability of the human body to function with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue, and with ample energy to engage in leisure activities, and to meet physical stresses. Fitness is not about being thin, having bulging muscles or having a small waist. Another way to say it, is it’s more than being able to lift heavy weights or run long distances; being fit is not defined only by what kind of activity is being performed, at what level of intensity, or how long the activity is being done. It is a combination of qualities that enable one to be at their full potential in performing vigorous physical activities, which involves the performance of the muscles of the body and of the heart and lungs.
Overall fitness involves five major components or qualities, which are: Cardiorespiratory endurance, Muscular strength, Muscular endurance, Body composition and Flexibility. To a certain extent, fitness also influences our emotional and mental development because what is done to the body also affects what can be done with the mind as well.
Cardiorespiratory endurance is the ability of the body’s circulatory and respiratory systems to supply fuel during sustained physical activity; Muscular strength is the ability of the muscles to exert force during an activity; Muscular endurance is the ability of the muscles to continue to perform without fatigue; Body composition is the relative amount of muscle, fat, bone, and other vital parts of the body; and Flexibility is the range of motion around a joint. Plus, today’s fitness is used not only in conjunction with being physically fit, but also of the mind, body and spirit; currently there is an ever increasing movement that says fitness should include not only physical being, but mental as well.
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