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Lesson 1 Components of Physical Fitness

The document discusses the importance of physical fitness and identifies the components of physical fitness. It explains that there are six health-related components: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, body composition, and organic vigor. It also outlines six skill-related components: agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed. The document emphasizes that physical fitness plays a significant role in health and well-being by reducing risks of disease and allowing one to live life to its fullest.

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Lesson 1 Components of Physical Fitness

The document discusses the importance of physical fitness and identifies the components of physical fitness. It explains that there are six health-related components: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, body composition, and organic vigor. It also outlines six skill-related components: agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed. The document emphasizes that physical fitness plays a significant role in health and well-being by reducing risks of disease and allowing one to live life to its fullest.

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Lesson 1

Components
of Physical Fitness

Learning Targets
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to
1. identify the importance of being a physically fit individual; and
2. familiarize yourself with the different physical fitness components.

Getting Ready

How do you prevent the risk of disease, feel better physically and
mentally, and look better?

List ten physical activities shown here


that you wish to do.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

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Learn and Share

Physical fitness plays a very significant role in one’s life, and an individual
who is physically fit is less prone to medical problems as well. A fit person
can live life to its fullest.

Fitness also refers to a person’s mental condition. Even though a person


is physically fit, he/she will not be able to function effectively if he/she is
mentally unwell. Mental fitness can only be attained if one’s body is doing
well. Exercising regularly and eating right can help a person relax his/her
mind and remove stress.
A person who is physically fit is able to maintain his/her most optimum
weight and can prevent cardiac arrest and other health problems. He/
She is considered healthy. In order to maintain a relaxed state of mind, a
person should be physically active. A person can be considered fit, both
physically and mentally, if he/she is strong enough to face the challenges
of life.
The components of health-related fitness are the bases from which one
measures his/her general well-being. It is the aim of doing an exercise to
improve one’s capabilities in each of these components. Different sports
can be more demanding for some and less demanding for others.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
There are six health-related components of fitness. These are cardio-
vascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance,
body composition, and organic vigor.

1. Cardiovascular endurance is the ability to do continued exercise


that places demands on the circulatory and respiratory systems of a
person over a prolonged period of time. Cardiovascular endurance is
developed through activities, such as running, walking, cycling, and
swimming.

2. Muscular strength is the maximal force that can be applied against a


resistance. It is the amount of force a person’s muscles can produce.
It is often measured by the amount of weight one can lift or by the
heaviest weight one can push or pull.

3. Flexibility is the ability to use one’s joints fully through a wide range of
motions. It is the measure of free movement of a person’s joints.

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4. Muscular endurance is the ability of body muscles to sustain repeated
contractions against a resistance. An individual with good muscular
endurance is better able to resist fatigue.

5. Body composition is usually measured by the percentage of body fat,


bone, water, and muscles in a human body. It is the amount of fat
cells compared with the lean cells in the body mass.

6. Organic vigor refers to the good condition of the heart and the lungs
which contributes to the ability to resist disease.

The components of skill-related fitness are not the skills associated with
any particular sport. Instead, they are the underlying skills which are
brought to bear when participating in a sport.

There are six skill-related components of fitness. These are agility, balance,
coordination, power, reaction time, and speed. These are important fitness
components, not just for sporting ability, but also for use in everyday life.
1. Agility is the ability to change the direction of a body at speed rapidly
and accurately. It is a combination of speed, balance, power, and
coordination.

2. Balance is the ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or


moving.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION

3. Coordination is the ability to use the senses together with one’s body
parts, or to use two or more body parts together to carry out a series
of movements or motor tasks smoothly and efficiently.

4. Power is the ability to use strength quickly. It is a combination of


strength and speed. It is the amount of force a muscle can exert.

5. Reaction time is the ability to respond to stimuli quickly. It is the


amount of time a person takes to move once he/she realizes the need
to act.

6. Speed is the ability to move all or part of the body as quickly as


possible.

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Activity

Draw the top five activities that you will do to maintain physical fitness.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

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Evaluation

Matching Type. On the answer line, write the letter of the word described
in each item.
A B

1. It is the ability to do an exercise a. agility


that places demands on the
circulatory and respiratory
systems for a prolonged period
of time.

2. It measures the ability of one b. cardiovascular


to move all or a part of his/her endurance
body as quickly as possible.

3. It is the ability to resist disease. c. balance



4. It is the ability to change d. muscular
rapidly and accurately endurance
the direction of the body
at speed.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION

5. It is the ability of body muscles e. speed


to sustain repeated contractions
against a resistance.

6. It is the ability to keep an upright f. reaction time


posture while standing still or
moving.

7. It is normally measured by the g. organic vigor


percentages of fat, bone, water,
and muscle in a human body.

8. It is the ability to respond h. body


quickly to stimuli. composition

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Keep in Mind

 People who are physically fit are healthier and are not prone to cardiac
arrest and other health problems.
 There are six health-related components of fitness. These are cardio-
vascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance,
body composition, and organic vigor.
 There are six skills-related components of fitness. These are agility,
balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed.
 Physical activity is essential to prevent and reduce the risks of many
diseases and improve physical and mental health.

Values Integration

Fitness Habits Checklist

Do you enjoy doing these healthy activities? Put a check in the appropriate
column.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Activity Yes No

1. Walking

2. Dancing

3. Jogging

4. Aerobic exercise

5. Playing team sports (basketball, volleyball,


soccer, among others)

6. Playing individual-dual sports (badminton,


table tennis, lawn tennis, among others)

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