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    7 Components of Fitness

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    The 7 components of fitness describe the functional capabilities of the body and include strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, power, speed, and agility. Strength is the maximum force applied during a motion using high weights and low repetitions. Muscular endurance is the ability of muscles to exert continuous contractions for extended periods using moderate weights and high repetitions. Cardiovascular endurance is the capacity of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to working muscles for sustained periods of time.

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    The 7 components of fitness describe the functional capabilities of the body and include strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, power, speed, and agility. Strength is the maximum force applied during a motion using high weights and low repetitions. Muscular endurance is the ability of muscles to exert continuous contractions for extended periods using moderate weights and high repetitions. Cardiovascular endurance is the capacity of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to working muscles for sustained periods of time.

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    The 7 components of fitness describe the functional capabilities of the body and include strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, power, speed, and agility. Strength is the maximum force applied during a motion using high weights and low repetitions. Muscular endurance is the ability of muscles to exert continuous contractions for extended periods using moderate weights and high repetitions. Cardiovascular endurance is the capacity of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to working muscles for sustained periods of time.

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    7 Components of Fitness

    In this Blog series special we examine the 7 components of fitness and how they affect our body’s
    performance. Some of the components sit on a spectrum with absolute strength being at one end and
    long distance endurance being at the other. Other components describe how our body moves.

    The 7 components of fitness describe 7 functional capabilities of the body. They are:

    Strength

    Muscular Endurance

    Cardiovascular Endurance

    Flexibility

    Power

    Speed

    Agility

    Strength
    Strength can be described as the maximum amount of force applied during a particular motion. This
    movement at this strength will be depleted after one of two repetitions because the fuel required for
    this movement will be depleted. Resistance training is usually employed to train this component and
    specifically, high weights and low repetitions will be used.

    Muscular Endurance
    Muscular Endurance can be described as your muscles ability to exert continuous contractions for an
    extended period of time. Because the moves aren’t at maximum force and fuel can continuously be
    supplied they will be for tens of minutes or hours, such as a triathlon or marathon. Endurance training is
    made up of moderate to low weights and high repetitions are used to train muscles for this component.

    Cardiovascular Endurance
    Cardiovascular Endurance is the capacity of the heart lung system. It is the ability to deliver high
    volumes of highly oxygenated blood to muscles to fuel work for extended perions of time. A good CV
    system is required for any exercise greater than 10-20 seconds in duration to remove waste and
    replenish energy supplies.
    Flexibility
    is the ability to safely stretch muscle, ie splits, back arching etc. Flexibility is an attribute needed for
    sports people to avoid injury through unintended overstretching. Also flexibility is a highly regarded
    attribute for gymnasts to assist with intriguing artistic bodily displays.

    Power
    Power can thought of and is often call muscular endurance. Its the repeated rate of work a muscle can
    perform over a period of time. Power training is used to enhance muscular endurance, so the body is fit
    enough to deliver high rates of work over time. Low to moderate weights with high repetitions are used
    to train this component.

    Speed
    This component is self evident and is considered a high burst lasting less than 20 seconds. Speed training
    is trains the (various components of the body’s) ability to deliver energy continuously. At this rate the
    body can’t keep up with the removal of lactic acid and this will eventually inhibit muscular contraction.
    Typically sprints training is the best form of training for speed. The various componenes in volve getting
    the heart rate up quickly enough to deliver energy and remove lactid acid, the ability of the lungs to get
    oxygen in to the system, the neuromuscular ability of muscles to fire at maximum rate in sequence, the
    storage of adequate amounts in the muscle for use. (ther conversion from glucose to ATP is too slow).

    Agility
    This is the ability for muscles to fire and antagonistic (opposite) muscles to fire to slow movement and
    change direction quickly. Training in starting and stopping and changing direction is best to develop this
    component in muscles.

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