Body Chart

Components of Physical Fitness Description How to Incorporate in Your Life Benefit(s)

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Being able to exercise at a moderate to high intensity for a long period of time Walk 2 miles at a brisk pace every day. Reduced the risk of heart disease, hypertension, and high cholesterol.

Muscular Strength

Is how much force can a muscle or a group of muscles endure before exerting.

You could simply do this by walking with weights in your hand. Or you could do a work out at the gym/home that involved weights.

Your body is becoming stronger

Muscular Endurance

Is the ability of a muscle to repeatedly exert force without becoming fatigue.

Doing wall sits to test the endurance of your leg muscles. Swimming is an activity that takes lots of endurance.

The muscles that you have already built up are not only strong but they can withstand what activities you are putting them through

Flexibility

A measure of range or motion, or the amount of movement possible in a particular joint area

Stretching can help your flexibility because you are stretching out your muscles. Yoga classes are a good way to become more flexible.

Can give you a since of well-being. Releases stress, and stop you joints from hurting every time they are being used.

Body Composition

Describes your relative proportions of lean tissue and fat tissue in the body.

Simple things like watching what you eat, changing your daily habits, and getting more exercise. Any activities that you do you are improving your body composition. You are making your body function better.