22 Summary and Check Your Knowledge
Key Takeaways
- In order to carry out daily activities without being physically overwhelmed, a minimal level of fitness is required. These five areas are called the health-related components of fitness: cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
- There are also six skill-related components that assist in developing optimal fitness: speed, agility, coordination, balance, power, and reaction time.
- All physical activity should follow the training principles of specificity, overload, progression, reversibility, and individuality.
- The amount of stress placed on the body can be controlled by four variables: frequency, intensity, time, and type.
- To improve muscular strength and endurance it is important to train all major muscles in the body.
- When creating a resistance training program, there are several training systems that can be used with different benefits associated with them.
