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Your Blueprint For Developing A Healthy Exercise Routine: The 5 Health-Related Components of Fitness

The document discusses the 5 components of fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. It states that incorporating all 5 into an exercise routine can provide the most health benefits. Cardiovascular endurance, also called aerobic fitness, refers to the body's ability to efficiently deliver oxygen to tissues. Regular exercise that challenges the heart and lungs can improve this ability and reduce heart disease risk. The guidelines recommend 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week to build cardiovascular endurance.

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Your Blueprint For Developing A Healthy Exercise Routine: The 5 Health-Related Components of Fitness

The document discusses the 5 components of fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. It states that incorporating all 5 into an exercise routine can provide the most health benefits. Cardiovascular endurance, also called aerobic fitness, refers to the body's ability to efficiently deliver oxygen to tissues. Regular exercise that challenges the heart and lungs can improve this ability and reduce heart disease risk. The guidelines recommend 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week to build cardiovascular endurance.

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The 5 Health-Related Components of Fitness

Your blueprint for developing a healthy exercise routine


By 

Laura Williams, MSEd, ASCM-CEP 


 Medically reviewed by 

Richard Fogoros, MD 

Updated on April 03, 2020

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You already know that benefits come when you prioritize physical fitness. The trick is
understanding what, exactly, "fitness" is and how you can go about achieving it.

That's where the five components of fitness come in. They are the blueprint for the American
College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM's) physical activity guidelines and serve as a helpful tool
for organizing and executing your own well-balanced workout routine.1

The five components of fitness are:

 Cardiovascular endurance
 Muscular strength
 Muscular endurance
 Flexibility
 Body composition

Creating a fitness plan that incorporates each of these elements can help ensure that you get the
most health benefits from your routine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) links regular physical activity to a
reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, improved bone health,
enhanced mental health, and improved quality of life with age.

Cardiovascular Endurance

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Cardiovascular endurance (also known as cardiorespiratory endurance or aerobic fitness) refers


to your body's ability to efficiently and effectively intake oxygen and deliver it to your body's
tissues by way of the heart, lungs, arteries, vessels, and veins. By engaging in regular exercise
that challenges your heart and lungs, you can:

 Maintain or even improve the efficient delivery and uptake of oxygen to your body's systems
 Enhance cellular metabolism
 Ease the physical challenges of everyday life

Given that heart disease accounts for roughly 630,000 deaths in the United States each year,
starting a workout program that enhances cardiovascular fitness is of particular importance.
Running, walking, cycling, swimming, dancing, circuit training, and boxing are just a few of the
many workouts designed to benefit heart health.
The ACSM's physical activity guidelines call for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity
exercise each week, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise.

The key, of course, is consistency. It may sound like a lot, but 150 minutes breaks down to just
20 to 30 minutes of exercise per day, five to seven days a week, depending on how hard you
push yourself.

 Building Cardiovascular Endurance

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