Physical Education: Health, Fitness Components, and Skill Skills

Health

The state of being free from injury or disease, physical or mental.

Fitness

Being physically sound and healthy as a result of your nutrition and exercise.

Cardiorespiratory/cardiovascular Fitness

The heart, lungs, and blood vessels; the ability to take in, transport, and use oxygen and deliver it to muscles.

Aerobic

With oxygen; the type of exercise to help cardio.

Anaerobic

Without oxygen.

Benefits of having good cardiorespiratory fitness

Lowers risk of heart disease, lowers blood pressure, lowers heart rate, delivers oxygen, and helps break down lactic acid.

Collateral Circulation

Develops in your body the more you exercise over a period of years, developing new blood vessels in the heart to send more blood out in your body.

Muscular Strength

The amount of force that your muscle or muscle group can exert on an opposing force for a short period of time.

Way to work on muscular strength

High weight and low reps (anaerobic).

Muscular Endurance

The ability of a muscle or muscle group to perform contractions over an extended period of time.

Way to work on muscular endurance

Low weight with a lot of reps (aerobic).

Flexibility

Range of motion at a particular joint; dynamic (moving) and static (stationary).

Benefits of flexibility

Helps decrease injuries, decreases soreness after exercise, better agility, better posture.

Body Composition

A percent of body fat compared to lean body mass (muscles, bones, and liquid in your body).

Recommended body fat percentage for females

25% and under.

Skill Related Components

Speed, agility, balance, coordination, reaction time, power.