Types of fitness

 These are the four main types of fitness:

1. Cardiovascular fitness: 

This is to do with your heart and how effectively it pumps blood and oxygen around the body and how it is then pumped through the body. To improve your cardio fitness you should get your heart rate up for a long period of time (say around 30 minutes) by doing a high intensity activity like running or cycling up a hill.

2. Muscular strength fitness: 

This is the exercise we do to strengthen our muscles such as boot camps or circuit training with weights. With the right nutrition, the muscles should start getting bigger and stronger after a few weeks or training. This muscle strength can also be built up by running up hills or on beaches.

3. Muscular endurance fitness

This is where your muscles are working non-stop for a long period of time, so it is building muscle as well as endurance. An example of muscular endurance activity is cross country running.

4. Flexibility: 

This isn't necessarily about touching your toes but about having free movement in your muscles and joints without pain or stiffness. Stretching after sporting activities, yoga and pilates are good ways at improving flexibility. Recovery sessions and warming down after training sessions also helps.                                  

                                     

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