Worksheet: Nutritional Value
Associate Level Material
Physical Fitness and Nutrition Worksheet
In order to obtain optimal health, it is critical to be physically fit and eat a healthy and balanced diet. Becoming knowledgeable about what it means to be physically fit and learning how to evaluate the nutritional value of what you eat may greatly increase your ability to improve your health and wellness.
In this three-part worksheet, you identify the five components of health related fitness, critique a recipe for nutritional value, and respond to two short answer questions about nutrition. Completing this assignment is a step towards gaining the knowledge needed to better manage your physical fitness and nutrition.
Part 1: Five Components of Health Related Fitness Table
Complete the table below. The first row has been filled in for you as an example.
Components of Physical Fitness
Description
How to Incorporate in Your Life
Benefit(s)
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Being able to exercise at a moderate to high intensity for a long period of time
Walk 2 miles at a brisk pace every day.
Reduced the risk of heart disease, hypertension, and high cholesterol.
Muscular Strength
The amount of force a muscle or group of muscles is capable of exerting.
Lifting weights or using body weights. Like squats, push ups, pull ups decrease chance of injury to joints, increase mental function and decrease risk of Alzheimer's disease
Muscular Endurance
The ability of muscle to exert force repeatedly without fatiguing.
I can do push ups one for 5 minutes, the second day for 10 minutes, the third day for 15 minutes
Increasing metabolism improving posture and limiting tiredness and injuries
Flexibility
Ability of your joints to move through a full range of motion
Before and after a good workout I could stretch
Helps with better posture, helps muscle tension and soreness and risk injury.
Body Composition
The relative proportions of lean tissue (muscle, bone, water, organs) and
Physical Fitness and Nutrition Worksheet
In order to obtain optimal health, it is critical to be physically fit and eat a healthy and balanced diet. Becoming knowledgeable about what it means to be physically fit and learning how to evaluate the nutritional value of what you eat may greatly increase your ability to improve your health and wellness.
In this three-part worksheet, you identify the five components of health related fitness, critique a recipe for nutritional value, and respond to two short answer questions about nutrition. Completing this assignment is a step towards gaining the knowledge needed to better manage your physical fitness and nutrition.
Part 1: Five Components of Health Related Fitness Table
Complete the table below. The first row has been filled in for you as an example.
Components of Physical Fitness
Description
How to Incorporate in Your Life
Benefit(s)
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Being able to exercise at a moderate to high intensity for a long period of time
Walk 2 miles at a brisk pace every day.
Reduced the risk of heart disease, hypertension, and high cholesterol.
Muscular Strength
The amount of force a muscle or group of muscles is capable of exerting.
Lifting weights or using body weights. Like squats, push ups, pull ups decrease chance of injury to joints, increase mental function and decrease risk of Alzheimer's disease
Muscular Endurance
The ability of muscle to exert force repeatedly without fatiguing.
I can do push ups one for 5 minutes, the second day for 10 minutes, the third day for 15 minutes
Increasing metabolism improving posture and limiting tiredness and injuries
Flexibility
Ability of your joints to move through a full range of motion
Before and after a good workout I could stretch
Helps with better posture, helps muscle tension and soreness and risk injury.
Body Composition
The relative proportions of lean tissue (muscle, bone, water, organs) and