What does it mean to be physically fit?

This is really a very personal question. What may seem “fit” to you may be “insane” to somebody else. Nevertheless, there are four areas important to everyone's ideas of physical fitness.

Four Components to Physical Fitness

There are four components to being fit:

Cardiovascular Condition - the health of your heart and lungs

Strength - how strong your muscles are

Flexibility - how far you can comfortably stretch your muscles

Mental Clarity - how you handle stress and how you manage your life.

To be physically fit, set goals for yourself in each of these four areas. After you have reached your goals, you will naturally want to improve yourself and move toward a higher level of fitness (yes, even you!).

Improving your fitness level today leads to wanting to improve it more tomorrow.  Trust me on this - I know for sure!

Fitness for Beginners

1. How do I begin a fitness program?

2. What does it mean to be physically fit?

3. Can I be fit and fat?

4. Are there any fitness secrets?

5. Do I need to buy expensive equipment?

6. How much will my physical fitness cost?

7. Where do I find the time?

8. What is my fitness motivation?

9. How do I get fit without interrupting my
    family members' lives?

10. Is fitness all about an exercise routine?

One Last Note

Erin Chavez is Bluelady Muse's Fitness and Nutrition Specialist. For other or more detailed answers about fitness or nutrition, email Erin from our contact page and she will send the answers right back to you. You may also download Fitness for Beginners in PDF form to pass out at your next get-together. Fitness for Beginners Click the link above to open and save the PDF file from a new window, or right click and choose "Save file as" to save the PDF document to your computer for later viewing. ____________________________________ You will need Adobe Reader to view and save this document. Click the image to download Adobe Reader.