PathFit 2: Exercise-based Fitness Quiz

Physical Fitness

• Physical fitness refers to the body's capacity to function effectively together to allow for daily living activities and overall health.
• It involves the performance of the heart, lungs, and muscles, and affects mental alertness, emotional stability, and overall quality of life.
• Fitness components that influence quality of life include energy, stamina, positive outlook, reduced risk of health problems, physical strength, and endurance.

Components of Health-Related Fitness

• Cardiorespiratory endurance: the capacity of the lungs, heart, and blood vessels to supply oxygen to meet exercise demands.
• Muscular endurance: the capacity of muscles to exercise force continuously over time.
• Muscular strength: the ability of a muscle to exert minimum force against resistance.
• Body composition: the fat and nonfat components of the human body, important in assessing recommended body weight.
• Flexibility: the ability of a joint to move freely through its full range of motion.

Skill-Related Fitness Components

• Agility: the capacity to rapidly and efficiently move and change body direction and position while under control.
• Balance: the power to stand upright or remain in control of body movements, whether stable or moving.
• Coordination: the ability to effectively and efficiently control two or more body parts.
• Power: the capacity to apply full power in a short time as possible.
• Reaction time: the ability to respond rapidly to stimuli.
• Speed: the capacity to move rapidly across the ground or grab or throw the legs and arms instantly.

Defining Wellness

• Wellness is the act of consistently practicing healthy habits to achieve better physical and mental health results.
• It is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity.
• Maintaining optimal wellness is essential to a better quality of life.

The Nine Dimensions of Wellness

• Emotional Wellness: understanding feelings, coping with problems and stress effectively.
• Environmental Wellness: living in harmony with surroundings and preserving the environment.
• Financial Wellness: learning to handle financial expenses effectively.
• Intellectual Wellness: keeping an open mind, improving knowledge, and adapting to new ideas.
• Occupational Wellness: finding personal fulfillment and enrichment through work.
• Physical Wellness: keeping a safe body and finding treatment when necessary.
• Sexual Wellness: actively involving oneself in life, discussing sexuality and sexual health.
• Social Wellness: nurturing relationships and interactions with others.
• Spiritual Wellness: developing spiritual values for purpose and meaning.

Training Concepts and Methodologies

• Specificity: customizing training to the needs of the sport or activity to improve fitness.
• Overload: training more than usual to enhance fitness.
• Progression: starting slowly and gradually increasing exercise intensity while maintaining overload.
• Reversibility: adaptation to exercise is reversed when training ceases.
• FITT Principles: frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise to plan a fitness program.