what really is fitness
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FITNESS?WHAT REALLY IS
FITNESS IS A GENERAL STATE OF HEALTH, WELLBEING, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE ABILITY TO PERFORM ASPECTS OF SPORTS, OCCUPATIONAL AND DAILY ACTIVITIES. IT CAN BE GENERALLY ACHIEVED THROUGH PROPER NUTRITION, MODERATE - VIGOROUS PHYSICAL EXERCISE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SUFFICIENT REST.
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WOW! TAKE A CONCEPT, AND TURN TO THE EXPERTS TO MAKE IT SOUND COMPLEX AND BORING. THIS IS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY GYMBECILES OUT THERE, DISHING OUT THEIR BRO-SCIENCE!
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FITNESS, BROKEN DOWN TO IT'S BASICS, IS THE LEVEL OF PERSON'S ABILITY TO PERFORM A CERTAIN TASK. (EXAMPLE: WHEN SOMEONE IN AN INTERVIEW ASKS YOU IF YOU ARE FIT FOR THE JOB, SHE BASICALLY IS ASKING IF YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PERFORM IT.)
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Now fitness isn't absolute per-se. It is a level of efficiency. Let's use an example to understand.
A 100 meter race. The person who can run it the fastest (Usain Bolt?), is the fittest for it. However, if you can run 100 meters without having a heart attack first, you still are fit for the activity. Though not nearly AS FIT as Usain Bolt.
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Now if you watch Game of Thrones, you'd know who "The Mountain" is. His name is Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and he is a professional strongman.
In 2015 he lifted a 650Kg log for five steps, breaking a 1000 year old record.
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Who is fitter then? Usain Bolt or the freakishly strong man whose name I couldn't be bothered to type again?
No comparison right?
The former is fitter for sprinting and the latter is fitter for lifting. This essentially means that fitness is task specific.
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THE ANSWER…
Depends entirely on what you do. If you are living your daily life and performing regular activities without any pains, discomfort or related hassle, you are standard definition fit.
However, when we address fitness in the real world, we also include health and mental well-being.
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Then while you'd be living the life of a couch potato eating potato chips comfortably, you'd still be grossly unfit in the real sense of the word.
Your arteries would be clogged with speed breakers dying (pun intended) to help form a blood clot.
Your spine would have taken the form of a question mark, as if questioning the reason for your very existence.
Your pot belly would have refused to give you visual access to your private parts since any vigorous activity related to those could assist the arterial speed breakers in their job.
Add stress to the equation, and all your nominees grab their popcorn and wait.
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YOU'D ALSO BE THE PERFECT TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THE 12:30PM AB-ROCKER/
SAUNA-BELT INFOMERCIALS (READ: TOWEL DRYING RACKS) AND THESE.
NOT. SO. GOOD. NOT. SO. FIT.
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SOOOOOO, BROADLY SPEAKING, YOU HAVE TO MEET THE BASELINE LEVELS OF STRENGTH (PICK, PUSH, PULL ETC.), CARDIOVASCULAR ABILITY (WALK, RUN, RUN-LIKE-HELL), MUSCULAR COORDINATION AND FLEXIBILITY TO BE FIT. THERE ON, IT WOULD BE A PROCESS OF DOING ALL THIS STUFF BETTER AND QUICKER THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FITTER AND FITTER.
YOU COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO MEET MOST BASELINE TARGETS AND THEN PICK ONE AREA TO GET BETTER IN. IT COULD BE LONG DISTANCE RUNNING, OR CYCLING, OR LIFTING WEIGHTS, SWIMMING....WHATEVER.
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COMPONENTS OF FITNESS
FITNESS COMPONENTS ARE MAJORLY DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, HEALTH BASED AND SKILLS BASED.
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HEALTH BASE
▸ Stability and mobility
▸ Cardiovascular Endurance
▸ Strength
▸ Flexibility
▸ Body composition
SKILL BASE
▸ Balance
▸ Power
▸ Speed
▸ Agility
▸ Coordination
▸ Reaction time
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CHEERS!
I WILL BE GETTING FURTHER INTO HOW YOU CAN GO ABOUT GETTING THE BASIC LEVELS IN PLACE IN SUBSEQUENT POSTS.
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