If your 2022 goal is to become physically fit, you’re on the right track towards health. Being fit can reduce the chances of getting over 40 chronic illnesses, including hypertension, diabetes, and other lifestyle diseases.
Wondering if your post-New Year workouts have been paying off? Here are the indicators of physical fitness and how to measure them:
Cardiorespiratory performance - the body’s ability to supply blood and oxygen well throughout the body. With good cardiorespiratory performance, you can jog, swim, run, and do other aerobic exercises for a sustained period.
Muscular strength - refers to how much weight you can lift and how much force you can exert. Measured by lifting weights in certain positions.
Muscular endurance - your ability to sustain exertion of force without tiring. You have good endurance when you can do tasks for long periods without feeling exhausted right away.
Body composition - the mass distribution between your bones, muscles, body water, and fats. There are various ways to measure body composition, such as body circumference measurements, hydrostatic weighing, and more.
Flexibility - to have a wide range of motion across a joint. Measured by doing a sit and reach test, where you sit on a yardstick on the floor, reach forward, and mark where your fingertips touch.
Source: medicalnewstoday.com; everydayhealth.com; businessinsider.com
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