The Definition of Fitness

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Wednesday today! I wanted to share with you something that my trainer at the gym shared with me recently. She said that there are FIVE components of fitness so I thought I would give you the exact information she shared with me. The five components are as follows:

Cardiovascular/Cardio Respiratory Endurance (Aerobics)

• The capacity of the heart-lung systems to deliver an adequate oxygen supply for sustained energy production.
• Example: walking, elliptical trainer, bike or treadmill. Cross training works well, it confuses the body and keeps things more interesting. **if biking or walking, make sure your heart rate is in the appropriate training zone! Talk to your trainer to find out what your zone should be!

Muscular Strength

• The amount of force that a muscle can produce in a single maximum effort
• Example: performing one dumbbell shoulder press using the heaviest weight you can possibly lift

Muscular Endurance

• The amount of force that a muscle can produce repeatedly against resistance
• Example: performing a set of 12 reps of a dumbbell shoulder press

Flexibility

• The range of motion possible about a joint

Body Composition

• The ratio of body fat to lean mass in an individual
• Example: the amount of fat compared to bones, muscle and organs, etc.

Remember! It's the trainer's job to encourage, teach and implement these components of fitness into a safe and effective fitness plan designed for you personally!

 

Let's all stay healthy! Remember, we are at an age (over 50 or pretty close to it) where maintenance of our health is vitally important! Take care of yourself and remember that if you do not set foot in a gym on a regular basis do something --- anything! Just move, keep your body active ---not sedentary! Like the saying goes, if you don't use it you lose it! Healthy Living Over 50 is very do-able!