class 11 health and physical education ncert book chapter 8 · Section 1

Health Related Physical Fitness Physical fitness directly influences the health of an individual. So to keep ourself healthy, fitness sessions should be incorporated in our daily routine. ‘Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being. It develops your capacity to perform better in sports, your job and day-to-day routine work. This is achieved through moderate/vigorous physical activities, balanced diet and proper recovery.’ Regular planned fitness activities like walking, jogging, cycling, swimming and yoga improve health and physical fitness of an individual. It also reduces the risk of heart diseases, diabetes, hypertension and depression. So, we can say that physical fitness is related to — ‘well-being’ and ‘wholesome development’ - of an individual. There are five components of health related physical fitness— . Muscular Strength . Endurance . Flexibility . Body Composition . Cardiovascular Endurance Muscular Strength Muscular strength is directly related to force production. Not only in sports but it is related to our each and every movement. Movement of our body parts is possible due to strength be it flexing a finger or getting up from the bed. Paralysed people cannot move their body parts because they have lost the capacity to produce strength. -