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- The Duality of Fitness
Hi guys and welcome back!
First off, I’d like to thank all of you whom have stuck with me through this series and since the beginning! It means more than you know.
Secondly, I will be announcing the date of my BOOK LAUNCH very shortly so stay tuned for that news!
Thirdly, everyone who has stayed with me on this newsletter for all this time, gets a whopping 50% OFF the New Book, for those of you who want to invest in it!
It is a great too for you to use that gives you FULL in-depth plans, knowledge, and practical applications for your training, nutrition, and where to shop for the most affordable brands!
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Okay, now that 'the ‘house keeping’ has been done, lets dive into these Fitness Modalities. There are 9 main fitness components to be aware of:
Strength
Power
Speed
Cardiovascular Endurance
Muscular Endurance
Flexibility
Agility
Reaction Time
Coordination
Please keep in mind that for your sport or exercise goals you may only need 3 of them. It all depends on what type of sport or exercise you are engaged in.
Strength can be broken down into different segments such as: muscular strength, grip strength, and even ‘flexible strength’, which is your ability to strongly hold your body in a flexible position for long durations.
Power can be broken down into different segments, such as: plyometric power (such as jumping), and kicking power (in football or taekwondo).
Speed is the ability to accelerate fast (such as in a 100m sprint), or the ability to move your limbs quickly (such as in boxing) - you can see why speed and power are closely related.
Cardiovascular Endurance is used in long distance events (such as running, swimming, cycling), and is usually defined by you being able to hold a conversation while performing the exercise.
Muscular Endurance is the ability of your muscles to generate movement for long durations or multiple repetitions (such as performing sit-ups for 20-30 reps).
Flexibility (and Mobility) is used in all sports and exercise (some more than others), and is essential for movement and injury prevention.
Agility is the ability to move quickly and easily, and is used in all sports that require you to react quickly, such as, football, basketball, dancing, volleyball, martial arts, and tennis.
Reaction time is used to measure how fast you can react to certain scenarios, such as when you receive a serve in tennis, or if you are defending a shot in netball.
Coordination is required in a vast majority of sports and exercise movements, and is the ability to move different parts of the body at the same time in a single effort. For example, in a hockey strike towards the goal, you are using hand a coordination and torque from your hips to generate power, to execute the movement.
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All of these components of fitness are essential in the exercise or sport that YOU are participating in, so become aware of which ones you need to work on and ‘Attack, Attack, Attack!’ that component of fitness aggressively to IMPROVE YOUR SKILL SET!
BONUS!
Let’s pick one component of fitness just for today and identify how to work on it. Let’s pick something that people tend to struggle with - Coordination!
To work on Hand-Eye Coordination, for example. The only way you can improve is by PRACTICING it!
Practice raising your left arm and raising your right knee at the same time x30 reps, then repeat on the other side.
Another way to work on your hand-coordination is by practicing sports such as racquet sports like tennis, squash or badminton.
Sports such as boxing (which also combines hand-eye coordination with speed, agility, and reaction time)
Martial arts (in general) will help you work on multi-limb coordination.
Juggling, or throwing and catching at the end of your workout is a good way.
One final one is any single limb exercise - a single-arm overhead side lunge for example, or a single leg deadlift - are great for coordination and strength!
I hope this has helped you with all my being, because I want YOU to WIN! And you can take these concepts mentioned above, and apply them to your training.
Take are guys and I will see you on the next one. Bye for now!
Brad
Tel: 07376 94160
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