7 Components of Fitness on Training
Once you’ve set out the fitness goals you wish to achieve and the means by which you’re going to do this you need to ensure that your workout or training routine includes the 7 key components of fitness. The key components of fitness are outlined below:
Strength
the degree to which a muscle can exert force by contracting again resistance.
Flexibility
the ability to move joints and muscles through their full range of movements.
Endurance
the body’s ability to deliver oxygen, nutrients and to remove waste products to and from the body cells over periods of time. Or the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to continually generate a force over a sustained period of time.
Balance
Ability to maintain body equilibrium during static and dynamic performance.
CO ORDINATION
use appropriate structure of the body part for a better and easy performance.
AGILITY
Ability to change momentum, directions on a given activity with required speed.
SPEED
Ability to cover the distance in minimum possible time.
The S.M.A.R.T Principle
S.M.A.R.T principles effectively organize your goals into a clear plan of action within a worktable timeframe.
- Specific – it is absolutely essential that you set out exactly what it is that you want to achieve with clear, definable goals.
- Measurable – ensure that you benchmark your progress. This will help with your motivation and allow you to see the progress you’ve made so far.
- Attainable – make your goals challenging enough to provide a stern test but don’t bite off more than you can chew.
- Realistic – realism is a key part of any one’s personal goals regardless of their level of fitness. Keep what you’re trying to achieve in perspective.
- Timed – set yourself a deadline and stick to it. Without a clear timescale you’re not working
