Physical Fitness
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Components of Physical Fitness: Fitness Indicators |
What is physical fitness?
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Physical Fitness Assessment TriFITT: pre and post fitness assessments will be administered to students. These will mark a begginning point and assist in charting progress in all 5 areas of fitness for each student. The 5 components of fitness information and benchmarks for the student are listed below:
Cardiorespiratory Fitness What does cardiorespiratory mean?
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Muscular Strength & Muscular Endurance
What is the difference between muscular strength & muscular endurance?
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Muscular Endurance/Strength:
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Flexibility, Warm Up/Cool Down Why is flexibility important to a fitness program?
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Warm up: film clip #2 |
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Answers to the Vocabulary/Pre-Assessment Guides:
answers_to_the_pre-assessment_guides.pdf | |
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The TriFITT machine and software allows the measurement of all fitness areas listed above. Detailed printouts compare students' fitness levels to the national norms for students of the same age.
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