Cardiorespiratory fitness

This fall semester has challenged me in many different aspects of my life. However, the greatest challenge has been the physical component of my life. I’m an athlete, so physical fitness is of the utmost importance. I play volleyball in the fall and run track in the winter and spring. Unfortunately, I have had a series of injuries this semester. I tore parts of my left hamstring which kept me from competing in volleyball for five weeks. When I was finally able to return to volleyball, I incurred…

make daily, such as the foods we eat and the amounts of exercise we get…” (Edlin & Golanty, 4). Having a balanced diet and a fitness routine will help enhance everyday life. The components of health and wellness are flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular fitness, nutrition, and body composition. Together, these components help you assess your level of fitness. Flexibility Flexibility is “the ability to move a muscle, or a group of muscles, through its…

When designing a fitness program for myself I had to go back and review my Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire or PAR-Q to ensure that there had been no changes medically that would limit my physical abilities. The PAR-Q reveled no limitations, so while developing my fitness program I focused on cardiorespiratory, muscular endurance, flexibility, and most of all nutrition. After determining what I wanted the program to focus on, I then determined that goals for each component of the…

As Hoeger and Hoeger (2014, P.195) puts it “Cardiorespiratory endurance is the single most important component of health related physical fitness”. The reason why cardiorespiratory endurance is so important is because at its base level it helps us with our daily tasks, such as walking up and down stairs with ease or playing a game of tag with friends at the park, but at elite levels the higher the cardiorespiratory endurance of an athlete can make the difference between a good athlete and a…

which introduced me to the concept of muscular fitness. The online videos were really interesting in describing the different components of muscular fitness and how beneficial it is to an individual’s health. In addition, the video’s described how to assess muscular fitness by using a range of tests and the different methods, modes and systems of resistance training. Furthermore, online lecture 4 highlighted the importance of assessing muscular fitness in certain/special population groups within…

supplementation can improve sports performance swimmers. Other findings A systematic review and study the effects of beetroot juice improves cardiorespiratory endurance athletes was conducted on several articles. The study of more than twenty subjects to be selected. Review was to determine the effects of beetroot juice supplementation in combination with other cardiorespiratory endurance athletes alone. Articles cover a wide spectrum of sports and included both male and female athletes.…

Our children today really lack the knowledge of fitness education and lack physical activity, due to technology being put in place of fitness. Fitness education is important to be taught to our youths, it’s the education of physical fitness, physical fitness is a general state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports or occupations. Physical fitness is generally achieved through correct nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical exercise, physical…

TOPICS: UNDERSTANDING THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH RELATED FITNESS Being a Professional in the area of Health and Fitness, it is my job to understand terms and definitions which are commonplace to the above mentioned topic, as well as to keep abreast of evolving trends. Through many experience, I have found that a number of terms deserve a little more clarification than that which they are granted. Besides clarifying the meaning of Health Related Fitness, this great article expects to reveal some…

Resistance Training I have discovered that the best stress reliever for me is weightlifting or resistance training. Weightlifting has been a controversial subject in relation to fitness and health industry. Many in the public health field will promote physical activity and aerobic exercise, which will benefit cardiorespiratory fitness and body shape. However, recent research has demonstrated that resistance exercise training has many health benefits and can aid in relieving stress. I would like…

the muscles to extract the supplied oxygen from the blood in the utilization process to propel the body energy (Astorino, 2012). This step of measuring VO2max is a very crucial step in the field of health and fitness. Researchers claim that VO2max is the best predictor of cardiovascular fitness. It can be used to…