Understanding Health, Fitness and Well-being

Health: It is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Fitness: This refers to an individual’s ability to meet the demands of the environment. It is often associated with the ability to perform certain physical tasks or activities without undue fatigue.
Well-being: This is a state of being comfortable, healthy or happy. It encompasses physical, mental and emotional factors.

Components of Fitness

Cardiovascular endurance: The efficiency with which the body delivers oxygen and nutrients needed for muscular activity and transports waste products from the cells.
Muscular strength: The maximum amount of force that a muscle or muscle group can exert against a resistance.
Muscular endurance: The ability of a muscle or muscle group to repeat a movement many times or hold a particular position for an extended period of time.
Flexibility: The quality of being able to bend easily without breaking. Can also refer to the range of motion in a joint or group of joints.
Body composition: The proportion of fat, bone, water and muscle in human bodies.

Improved cardiovascular health with lowered risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.
Increased muscular strength and endurance which makes daily tasks easier.
Enhanced flexibility which reduces the chance of injuries and improves performance in sports.
Better mental health by reducing stress, anxiety, and depression
Reduces the risk of certain types of cancers and type-2 diabetes.

Regular exercise can improve your overall health by reducing the risk of chronic diseases, maintaining a healthy weight, promoting better sleep, and improving mental health.
Fitness directly affects health and well-being as being fit means you can perform tasks with less effort and fatigue which can lead to a greater sense of well-being.
High levels of fitness and good health can help improve our mental well-being by boosting our self-esteem, confidence and creating positive self-image.

Progression: Gradually increasing the amount of exercise you do can improve your fitness over time.
Overload: Working the body harder than it is normally worked
Specificity: Choosing the right types of activities to improve a given element of fitness.
Reversibility: Any adaptation that takes place due to training will be reversed if you stop training.
Variation: Mixing up your fitness routine in order to prevent your body from getting used to a particular workout.