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FITNESS GUIDE
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COMPONENTS OF FITNESS
Over the past 25 years, many people have focused on walking, running, cycling,
swimming and other types of aerobic activity as their only means of exercise.
However, we have learned that two other components of fitness are just as
important. These other two components are muscle strength and flexibility.
So in addition to having a strong heart and lungs, we also need to be able to
pick up a full bag of groceries and tie our shoes without having to sit down.
When developing your home fitness program, it is only appropriate that you
develop all three components in order to achieve balanced overall fitness.
Let’s take a look at all three components:
Cardiovascular fitness is training the heart and lungs to be stronger and
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