The Five Components of Fitness

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The Five Components of Fitness
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These five components represent how fit and
healthy the body is as a whole.

• 1. Cardiovascular Endurance
• 2. Muscle Endurance
• 3. Muscle Strength
• 4. Flexibility
• 5. Body Composition

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Cardiovascular Endurance
Cardiovascular endurance is the ability of the
heart, lungs and blood vessels to deliver oxygen
to working muscles and tissues, as well as the
ability of those muscles and tissues to utilize
that oxygen over an extended period of time with
moderate intensity.
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What happens to your body during cardiovascular
endurance or aerobic training?

• The heart pumps faster and pumps more blood.
• Lungs increase volume of air inhaled and exhaled.
• Muscles contract at a greater speed.
• Body temperature rises and the body sweats.

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Benefits of cardiovascular endurance training.

• The heart becomes more efficient
• Blood volume, red blood cells and hemoglobin
  increases
• Decreases resting blood pressure
• Arteries grow larger
• Diaphragm grows stronger
• Lungs become more expandable increasing in volume
  
• Decreases body fat
• Increases energy level
• Recovery after exercise becomes quicker
• Reduces risk of heart disease and other health
  conditions.
• Reduces the risk of an early death.

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Factors that affect your cardiovascular
endurance.

• 1. The ability of the respiratory system to take
  air into the body and the efficiency with which
  the lungs supply oxygen to the blood. Endurance
  is reduced if your breathing is inefficient or if
  the lungs are not working well.
• 2. The ability of the blood to carry oxygen. This
  can be reduced if you are ill, have a poor diet
  or train too hard.
• 3. The ability of your heart to pump blood around
  your body.
• 4. The efficiency of the circulatory system that
  takes blood to your muscles and then returns it
  to your heart.
• 5. The ability of your muscles to extract oxygen
  from your blood.
• 6. Heredity influences your level of Cardio
  Vascular Endurance

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Examples of Cardiovascular Endurance.

• Marathon
• Pacer Test
• Triathlon
• Cross country skiing
• Distance Swimming
• Cross country practice
• Inline skating
• Speed walking

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Ways we will measure your cardiovascular
endurance level.

• 1. Pacer Test
• 2. Mile Run