Elements of fitness – Flexibility
- POSTED ON: 15 Feb, 2019
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- POSTED BY: Madhuvanti S. Krishnan
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Fitness is vital if you want to remain healthy. Cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, strength, body composition, and flexibility are five important elements that constitute fitness. An individual with a healthy mix of all five elements, is usually deemed fit.
Flexibility is the ability to move through the full range of motion allowed by a joint. It depends on many factors, including age, gender, body fat/muscle mass ratio, and exercises done to enhance it. The more a joint is used, the more flexible it will become. Increasing flexibility is most effectively achieved through stretching. The most important areas in which to maintain flexibility are the neck, shoulders, hamstring muscles (back of the upper leg), chest and hips.
Here are some activities that could help improve your flexibility. Check out the flashcards and see how many you get right. Get, set, go!