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| Ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to function efficiently when a person exercises the body. |
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| The ability to quickly change the position of the body and to control the body’s movements. |
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| The ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or moving. |
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| The combination of all of the tissues that make up the body such as bones, muscles, organs, and body fat. |
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| The ability to integrate the components of fitness to achieve effective movement. |
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| The ability to move the joints through a full range of motion. |
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| health-related physical fitness |
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| The health-related components of physical fitness; these include cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular endurance, strength, and healthy percentage of body fat. |
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| Health problems or illnesses that are caused partly by a lack of regular physical activity. |
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| The ability to use your muscles many times without tiring. |
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| The ability to use strength quickly. |
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| The amount of time it takes a person to move once he or she realizes the need to act. |
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| skill-related physical fitness |
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| Parts of fitness that require certain skills which help a person perform well in activities and sports. Includes agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed. |
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| The ability to perform a movement or cover a distance in a short time. |
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| The amount of force a muscle can produce. |
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| An acronym used to help people determine how often, how hard, how long, and what kinds of activity they should perform to build health and fitness. |
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| The number of times the heart beats each minute. |
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| The ability to align the body in a standing or sitting position. |
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| The balanced development of the deep and superficial muscles that stabilize, align, and move the trunk of the body, especially the abdominal muscles and muscles of the back. |
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| The strength and integrity of the tissues and muscles that surround a joint. |
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