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Fitness Components Definitions

Read each activity carefully. Use the fitness-component definitions and clues to explain your choices. For questions about training, give a specific example.

Fitness components at a school sports festival

A group is planning training for a school sports festival. They want to improve different parts of fitness and choose tests that measure them fairly.

1.Mere runs at a steady pace for 20 minutes. Which health-related fitness component is she mainly training? It describes how well the heart and lungs supply oxygen to working muscles during sustained activity.

2.Ari lifts the heaviest load he can safely manage for one controlled repetition. Which component is being tested?

Muscular endurance
Muscular strength
Flexibility
Agility

3.In a wall-sit test, Hana holds the position for as long as she can. Which component is most directly measured? Explain how this differs from producing a maximum force in one effort.

4.A student reaches forward while seated to see how far they can move at the hips and back of the legs. Which component does this test focus on?

Body composition
Speed
Flexibility
Power

5.A shuttle course asks a player to sprint, stop, and change direction quickly while staying controlled. Name the main skill-related fitness component being tested and define it.

6.Match each component to its best definition. Write the correct letter beside each number. 1. Muscular endurance 2. Body composition 3. Power 4. Speed A. The ability to perform a movement or cover a distance quickly B. The proportion of fat mass and fat-free mass in the body C. The ability of muscles to exert force quickly D. The ability of muscles to perform repeated contractions over time

1. Muscular endurance
2. Body composition
3. Power
4. Speed

B. Proportion of fat mass and fat-free mass
A. Move or cover a distance quickly
D. Repeated muscle contractions over time
C. Muscles exert force quickly

7.A basketball player jumps to contest a rebound. Which component combines strength and speed to produce an explosive movement?

Power
Flexibility
Cardiovascular endurance
Body composition

8.Explain why body composition is not the same thing as body weight. Include the terms fat mass and fat-free mass in your answer.

9.Choose one fitness component from this worksheet. Suggest a suitable activity or test for it, then explain what the result would tell you. Avoid comparing people’s results as a judgement of their worth or health.