Associate Level Material

Physical Fitness and Nutrition Worksheet

In order to obtain optimal health, it is critical to be physically fit and eat a healthy and balanced diet. Becoming knowledgeable about what it means to be physically fit and learning how to evaluate the nutritional value of what you eat may greatly increase your ability to improve your health and wellness.

In this three-part worksheet, you identify the five components of health related fitness, critique a recipe for nutritional value, and respond to two short answer questions about nutrition. Completing this assignment is a step towards gaining the knowledge needed to better manage your physical fitness and nutrition.

Part 1: Five Components of Health Related Fitness Table

Complete the table below. The first row has been filled in for you as an example.

|Components of Physical Fitness |Description |How to Incorporate in Your |Benefit(s) |
| | |Life | |
|Cardiorespiratory Fitness |Being able to exercise at a |Walk 2 miles at a brisk |Reduced the risk of heart |
| |moderate to high intensity for a|pace every day. |disease, hypertension, and high |
| |long period of time | |cholesterol. |
|Muscular Strength | |Doing resisting exercise |Increases the ability of a group|
| |Maximum force able to be exerted|with repetition or using |of muscles in exerting the |
| |by single contraction of a |the maximum amount of |capabilities of muscles. |
| |muscle group. |weight a person can move | |
| | |one time in a particular | |
| | |exercise. | |
|Muscular Endurance |Ability to perform |Doing the same exercise as |Holding a 5 lb weight in your |
| |high-intensity muscle |muscular strength. |hand and lifting it 10 times, |
| |contractions repeatedly without |Resisting exercise with |you have greater endurance than |
| |fatiguing. |repetition. |someone who attempts that same |
| | | |exercise but is able to lift the|
| | | |weight only 7 times. |
|Flexibility |Ability to move joints freely |Doing stretches daily, such|Improved flexibility means less |
| |through their full range of |as static stretches, yoga, |tension and pressure on joints, |
| |motion. |tai chi and just regular |resulting in less joint pain and|
| | |stretching throughout the |joint deterioration. It also |
| | |day. |reduces the incidence and |
| | | |severity of lower back problems |
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