Physical Fitness Components: Videos & Practice Problems

Standing up and walking to the water cooler at work or climbing one flight of stairs briefly best illustrates which term?

Which term best matches the description: "intentional, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain fitness"?

Of the five major health-related components of physical fitness, which activity is least representative?

Which activity demonstrates the amount of force a muscle is capable of exerting?

If someone can sustain regular moderate to vigorous physical activity and recover without undue fatigue, they are described as which of the following?

Carlos is a college soccer player. To assess his current aerobic capacity, the lab technician will have him run on a graded treadmill while measurements are taken. What specific physiological quantity will this test primarily measure?

Identify the activity that best demonstrates muscular endurance.

Identify the exercise routine that most effectively demonstrates an improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness.

The term most accurately describes the distribution and relative percentages of fat and muscle across the body is

In resistance training, which term describes the maximum amount of weight that an individual can successfully lift one time?

A fitness instructor wants to design a program to improve a client's reaction time and agility. These goals target which component category of physical fitness?

True or False: After participating in extremely strenuous events, such as long-distance races, athletes often show a temporary reduction in immune function during recovery.

Which of these best fits the characteristics of aerobic exercise?

True or False: For aerobic fitness, if you decrease the intensity of an activity, you will generally need to increase the duration to achieve a similar training stimulus.

True or False: Performing cardiorespiratory exercise 3 to 5 days/week, strength training every other day (approximately 3 days/week), and flexibility exercises daily is consistent with ACSM recommendations.

Apply the FITT principle to select the best exercise prescription for a healthy college student aiming to improve cardiorespiratory endurance and gain lean muscle mass during a semester.

Mr. Alvarez is 74 years old and attends a weekly tai chi class that focuses on stability and posture. This training most directly improves which component of Mr. Alvarez's physical fitness?

The capacity of muscles and connective tissues to allow movement around a joint or series of joints is called:

Which of the following best improves a muscle’s ability to perform contractions over a length of time?

From the options below, choose the statement that most clearly distinguishes muscular strength from muscular endurance and includes one correct example for each.