Physical fitness

Keeping in good physical shape is important. However, it can be difficult to determine what constitutes fitness. Different components of physical health can help determine physical fitness..

Experts define Physical fitness is a person’s ability to perform daily activities with optimal performance, endurance, and strength through illness, fatigue, and stress management, and reduced sedentary behavior..

Fast facts about fitness:

• Staying in good physical shape can help prevent certain diseases.
• Exercise can change body composition without changing weight.
• Athletes’ hearts show different changes depending on the chosen sport.
• Muscle strength increases due to fiber hypertrophy and nerve changes.
• Stretching to increase flexibility can help with many medical complaints..

Overview

Physical fitness depends on how well a person performs all the components of health.

In terms of fitness,  these components are:

• Cardiorespiratory fitness
• Muscular strength
• Muscular endurance
• Body composition
• Flexibility.

Cardiorespiratory Endurance

Cardiorespiratory Endurance refers to how well the body can deliver fuel through the body’s circulatory and respiratory systems during physical activity.

Activities that help improve cardiovascular endurance are those that keep your heart rate elevated for a long period of time.

These activities include:

• swimming
• brisk walking
• jogging
• cycling

• People who regularly engage in these activities are more likely to be physically fit in terms of cardiorespiratory endurance. It is important to start these activities slowly and gradually increase the intensity over time.
• Exercise increases cardiovascular endurance in several ways. For example, the heart muscle becomes stronger so it can pump more blood per heartbeat.
• At the same time, new small arteries grow in the muscle tissue so they can transport blood more efficiently to the working muscles when needed..