Fitness

Information about fitness

Fitness Fitness refers to the degree of body

functioning and the ability of the body to handle physical demands.  The more efficient the body functions, the higher the level of fitness.  The higher the level of fitness, the greater the chance the body will be free of disease and maintain a healthy state. Fitness is a major part of a preventative medicine approach to health.

Components of Fitness 4 Components of Fitness: Aerobic Muscular Flexibility Body Composition

Exersice

Regular exercise is really good for your mind and body. Find out what some of the benefits of exercise are in this activity

Benefits of exercise It can reduce your risk of major

illnesses, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer by up to 50% and lower your risk of early death by up to 30%.

Muscles You have three different types of

muscles in your body: smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle.

Smooth Muscles Smooth muscles — sometimes also called

involuntary muscles — are usually in sheets, or layers, with one layer of muscle behind the other. You can't control this type of muscle. Your brain and body tell these muscles what to do without you even thinking about it. You can't use your smooth muscles to make a muscle in your arm or jump into the air

Specific activity Strength, Co-ordination, Timing.

Muscular Endurance, Speed of Reaction.

Strength, Co-ordination, Timing.

Usain Bolt Olympic athlete Usain Bolt is a Jamaican

sprinter widely regarded as the fastest person ever. He is the first man who break all the records of 100 metre and 200 metre.

Training tips from Usain Bolt “It’s very important to get out of the

blocks quickly, although I’m usually left in the blocks a bit,” says Bolt, who, at 6’5”, is tall for a sprinter and admits the first part of a 100m or 200m race is not his strongest element. “So I work a lot on starting well and then, after that, when I get into my stride, I just let everything flow.”

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