Category: Fitness

  • Title: The Importance of Health-Related Fitness Components 1.) The most important component of health-related fitness is cardiovascular endurance. This refers to the ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to efficiently deliver oxygen and nutrients to the body’s

    Directions:
    1.) Of the 5 components of health-related fitness, which do you think is the most important? Your post should be a minimum of 150-200 words and supported by evidence. PLEASE CITE SOURCES! MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE REFERENCE!
    the work you did will go through ai and plagiarism check before completing the question.!
    2.) Reply and react to to other student’s response in at least 75 words. (ATTACHED)

  • “UP/DOWN Circuit: A Full Body Workout for Improved Strength and Cardiovascular Fitness”

    This workout is a great way to get your heart rate up, burn calories and improve muscular strength. Pick different exercises that you do in a standing position and mix them in with different exercises you do on the floor or a mat.
    Some examples of standing exercises are:
    Lunges
    Squats
    Balance Touches
    Bicep Curls
    Tricep Dips
    Skater Plyos
    Standing leg extension (balance on 1 leg)
    Any standing arm exercise with dumbbells (lateral raise, overhead press, rows, kick backs)
    Some examples of mat exercises are:
    Abdominal curls
    Planks –mix up the style plank you do (jumping jack feet, walking planks, clap hands)
    Back extensions
    Push ups
    Mountain climbers
    Side ups
    Bridge
    Clam shells
    Fire hydrants
    Here’s an example of an UP DOWN Circuit up, but remember you can mix it up any way you want!
    Warm-up for 10 min. doing dynamics movements.
    10 exercises, 2-3 sets, 30-45 seconds each exercise
    Mountain climbers
    Walking Lunges with rotation (hold medicine ball or DB)
    Plank taps (alternate hands tapping knee or opposite foot while in a plank)
    Jump Squats
    Push Ups
    Balance Touches (stand on 1 leg and reach to ceiling and floor with hands. try to keep 1 leg off floor entire time, can add jump too)
    Back Extensions
    Wide leg Sumo Squats
    Curl Ups
    Lateral Raise
    Have Fun and remember cross training is about mixing up your routine each week and ENJOYING what you do! I want to hear how you created an UP/ DOWN Circuit this week and how it felt in your exercise logs!!