1. Evaluating your Health-related Fitness
Chapter three

2. Cardiorespiratory Fitness
This is the ability of your body to work continuously for extended periods of time. It involves your lungs/heart/vessels.
- Examples:
Jogging & Swimming

3. Muscular Strength
This refers to the maximum amount of force a muscle or muscle group can exert against an opposing force.
- Example:
Lifting an object/body one time.

4. Muscular Endurance
This refers to the ability of the same muscle or muscle group to contract for an extended period of time without undue fatigue.
- Example:
the # of push-ups you are able to do

5. Flexibility
The ability of a joint and a muscle group to move through a full range of motion.
- Example:
Stretching – helps prevent muscle and
joint injury.

6. Body Composition
This is the relative percentage of body fat to lean body tissue, including water, bone, muscle, and connective tissue.
- Example:
low % of body fat – indicates healthy body
composition
high % of body fat – is harmful to your health

7. Evaluating Body Fat Underwater Weighing Skinfold Measurements
Electrical Impedance
Recommended Body Fat Percentage
Girls = 15-25%
Boys = 10-20%

8. Evaluating your Skill-related Fitness
Chapter three
Speed

9. Why Skill-related Fitness?
Helps you perform in a variety of sports and other activities
Enables you to maintain an active lifestyle

10. Agility
- The ability to change and control the direction and position of the body while maintaining a constant, rapid motion.. Examples: soccer, racquetball, basketball, & tennis require a lot of changing direction

11. Balance
- The ability to control or stabilize the body while standing or moving.
Examples: skiing, gymnastics, & skating require high level of balance

12. Coordination
- The ability to use the senses to determine and direct the movement of your limbs and head. Examples: golf, tennis, basketball, baseball, volleyball, are good examples

13. Power
The ability to move the body parts swiftly while simultaneously applying the maximum force of your muscles. Speed & Strength
Examples: volleyball, football, high jumping, throwing an object, vertical jump

14. Reaction Time
- The ability to react or respond quickly to what you hear, see or feel. Examples: react quickly is extremely important in track, swimming, baseball & karate

15. Speed
- The ability to move your total body, or parts of it, swiftly. Examples: many activities that require running (sprinting) baseball, softball, track, football

16. Factors Determining Your Skilled-Related Fitness
- Heredity
- Practice
- Specific Training