Physical Fitness
Definition/Scope Note:
Physical fitness is used in the context of two meanings: General fitness (a state of health and well-being) and specific fitness (the ability to perform specific sports or occupational skills). Fitness can be further subdivided into five categories: Cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. The criteria for physical fitness has also expanded to include the capacity to meet physical demands in an emergency situation.
Source: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/physical_fitness
Related Terms:
- Fitness
- Physical exercise
- Exercise
- Health behavior
- Muscle exercise
Website/Online Sources:
Journal Articles:
- Fitness Content Knowledge, Physical Activity, and Instructional Practices among U.S. Physical Educators Health-Related / Kern, Ben D.; Imagbe, Stacy; Bellar, David; Clemons, James
- Obesity Prevalence and Physical Fitness in School-Aged Children / Dinç, Nurten; Güzel, Pinar; Özbey, Selhan; Besikçi, Tolga; Seyhan, Sinan; Kalkan, Naci; Gezer, Gülay
- "Box Box on the Shelve! Tell Me!": The Effects of Adapted Plays on Physical Fitness in Autism Spectrum Disorder / Yilmaz, Atike; Mirze, Fatih
- Health-Related Fitness Content Knowledge, Physical Activity, and Instructional Practices among U.S. Physical Educators / Kern, Ben D.; Imagbe, Stacy; Bellar, David; Clemons, James
- The Relationship between Mental Fitness Skills, Psychological Resilience, and Academic Achievement Among First Generation College Students./ Hammermeister, Jonmount, Sarah E. Jordan, Caitlyn Briggs, Lawrence, Galm, Ruth
eBooks:
- Physical Activity and Fitness/ Healey, Justin
- Anatomy of Sports Injuries : For Fitness and Rehabilitation / Brandon, Leigh
- Culture, Sport, and Physical Activity/Volkwein-Caplan,
- Fitness For Dummies/Suzanne Schlosberg
- http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=3 6536&site=ehost-live
- Careers in Sports and Fitness/ Schmidt, Debra
Odilo:
- Elements of Physical Manipulation/ Edwards Charles Pickering
- A System Physical Chemistry/ William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis
- Work Strong your Personal Career Fitness System/ Peter Weedle
- Nutritious Smoothie Recipes for Diabetics: Tasty Recipes for a Healthy and Strong Body/ Kelly jones
Proquest:
- Importance of Health-Related Fitness Knowledge to Increasing Physical Activity and Physical Fitness/ Rick C. Ferkel
- Are Physical Educators Physically Fit? Perceived and Measured Physical Fitness of Physical Educators/ Jerome L. Brandon
- The importance of physical fitness versus physical activity/ Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sports
- Relationship Between C-Reactive Protein and Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, Obesity and Selected Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Schoolchildren/ Hamed Riza Sadeghipour
- Physical Fitness, Physical Activity and Sedentary Activities of 7 to 11 Year Old Boys with Different Body Mass Index/ Samad Esmaeilzadeh