Teaching Elementary School Health Education/Personal Health and Physical Activity/Develop and Maintain Health-related Fitness


 * Health-related fitness is the ability of the heart, lungs, muscles, and joints to function at optimal capacity.

Physical Fitness- is the ability to perform physical activity and to meet the demands of daily living while being energetic and alert.

Health Related Fitness- is the ability of the heart, lungs, muscles, and joints to function at optimal capacity.

Five Components of Health-related Fitness
1. Cardiorespiratory Endurance 2. Muscular Strength 3. Muscular Endurance 4. Flexibility 5. Healthful Body Composition

The FITT Formula - represents a factor for determining how to obtain fitness benefits:

F - Frequency, how often

I - Intensity, how hard

T - Time, how long

T - Type, what kind