We explain what physical fitness is and what its components are. Aerobic capacity, flexibility, endurance, strength, speed, and more. What is physical fitness? Physical fitness refers to the ability of a person to perform some type of physical activity. It is about the natural condition that human beings have to do any activity. Physical fitness is something that a person develops over time. Any quality can be improved through practice and effort. Each person has a different physical quality for what they do best, however, whatever that quality is, one must have good physical fitness, which, among other components, consists of aerobic capacity and flexibility. Aerobic capacity is the capacity of the body to be able to do long-term physical activities, in addition to being of low or high intensity with an estimated time of three to four minutes. Aerobic activities do not require a great physical effort, the most important thing is the duration of each of them. This type of training is mainly responsible for eliminating accumulated fat from the body, someone who exercises in this way will immediately notice how the circumferences of their body, especially the abdomen, begin to be reduced. Flexibility is the ability of muscles to stretch without damaging them in any way. Flexibility is dependent on muscle elasticity and joint mobility in the body. However, there are many factors that also help flexibility, they are genetic inheritance, and age, the smaller you are in age, the more elasticity your body has. For physiological reasons, women have greater flexibility than men. Other important factors are the temperature of the environment and muscle temperature. It is always essential to warm up before doing any type of physical activity and never demand too much from the muscles, as this would cause great damage to them, in some cases even irreversible. Other components In addition to being made up of these two factors, physical fitness also develops from Muscle resistance. Muscular resistance is the number of times it is carried out in each training, that is, the body itself has resistance, but it must carry out the resistance in the upper part of the body repeatedly. Muscular strength. It is the ability of a muscle to perform a certain amount of force to achieve better resistance in a single effort. Joint mobility. Joint mobility involves muscles, bone structure, tendons, and ligaments. It is necessary for the joints to be strengthened through physical activity, so if they are not in good condition, other factors, such as muscular resistance, cannot be trained to speed. Muscle elongation. It is the most important thing before doing physical activity. Stretching and relaxing the muscles by elongating them prevents us from future injuries and damage, it is about preparing the body to strengthen it. Anaerobic potential. These are short-time activities with a high level of intensity. Muscle power. It refers to the amount of training and work that is done in a given amount of time. In athletes, it is of the utmost importance to have good muscular power training, since, with it, they will be able to stand out in certain activities.
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