Health and fitness are related but not the same. This unit defines health, fitness and well-being, then works through the components of physical fitness such as cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility, speed, power, agility, balance, coordination and reaction time, including how each one is used in sport and how it can be measured with a recognised fitness test.
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Health, fitness and well-being
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of illness.
Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of the environment or of a physical activity.
Well-being covers feeling good and functioning well physically, mentally and socially.
You can be fit but unhealthy (for example, fit but injured or ill), which is why the two are separate ideas.
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1. Which fitness test is used to measure cardiovascular endurance?
2. Power is best described as a combination of which two components of fitness?
3. A gymnast holds a still handstand for several seconds. Which component of fitness is most important here?
4. Which statement about health and fitness is correct?
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