The 12 components of physical fitness are:
- Muscular strength: the amount of physical force your muscles can put out, how much weight you can lift.
- Muscular endurance: the ability for a muscle group to engage repetitively over an extended period.
- Cardiovascular endurance: the ability of the heart, lungs, and circulatory system to supply oxygen and nutrients to the body during sustained physical activity.
- Body composition: the proportion of fat, muscle, and bone in the body.
- Flexibility: the range of motion of a joint or group of joints.
- Power: the ability to exert maximum muscular contraction instantly in an explosive burst of movements.
- Speed: the ability to move quickly from one point to another.
- Agility: the ability to change direction quickly and accurately.
- Balance: the ability to maintain a stable body position.
- Coordination: the ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently.
- Reaction time: the ability to respond quickly to a stimulus.
- Accuracy: the ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.
