Fitness for Life · Fitness & Exercise

Components of Health Related Fitness

Identifying and practicing activities that improve cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility, and body composition.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does each component of fitness contribute to your overall daily health?
  2. 2Which fitness component is most important for your favorite physical activity and why?
  3. 3How can you tell if an exercise is improving your muscular strength versus your endurance?

Common Core State Standards

SHAPE: Standard 3 - Physical Activity
Grade: 5th Grade
Subject: PE & Health
Unit: Fitness for Life
Period: Fitness & Exercise

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