Components of Fitness

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P1 Components of Fitness To join any service you need to have a high level of fitness, there are many components of fitness and these are categorized into health related and skill related. Health Related Muscular Endurance Muscular Endurance refers to the body’s ability to sustain repeated contractions over a long period of time. It is important for people who take part in sports where they have to sustain exercise for long periods of time. Having good muscular endurance allows muscles to endure long periods of exercise without becoming tired. It is essential for long distance runners to have high muscular endurance so they can compete in races such as the marathon. To test muscular endurance you could do the abdominal curl test, this test requires the participant to perform sit ups in time with a recorded sequence of beeps. The test is complete when the participant can no longer keep up with the recording. Cardio Vascular Endurance Cardiovascular endurance is the ability of the heart to provide oxygen to the heart during long periods of exercise. Cardiovascular endurance is important because you heart controls the oxygen flow to your muscles directly affecting performance The type of athlete that requires good cardiovascular endurance is similar to muscular endurance; an example would be a footballer. Cardiovascular endurances can be improved as the heart is a muscle, to test cardiovascular endurance you could do the bleep test. The bleep test requires the participant to run a distance keeping in time with a recorded cd. Similar to the abdominal curl test the bleep test is completed when the participant can no longer keep up with the CD. Body Composition Body composition refers to 3 different types or shapes of body endomorph, ectomorph and mesomorph. http://www.precisionnutrition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/somatotype-body-types.jpg Different

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