We All Want Peak Fitness!
1. Cardiovascular endurance, defined as the hearts ability to supply blood to working muscles, and their ability to use it. This is the most important component, as it enhances everything else.
2. Local muscle endurance, defined as a single muscles ability to perform sustained work.
3. Strength endurance, defined as a muscles ability to repeatedly perform a maximum contracture.
4. Power, defined as the ability to exert maximum muscular contraction instantly and explosively.
5. Strength, defined as a muscles ability to exert force against resistance.
6. Agility, defined as the ability to perform repetitive explosively powerful movements in opposing directions.
7. Balance, which is the ability to control your body's position, whether stationary or mobile.
8. Flexibility, referring to the range of movement in or around a joint, or a series of joints.
9. Coordination, which is the ability to integrate all of the components so that effective movements are achieved.
The key to achieving peak fitness is to surpass your comfort zone regularly. For example, it's so easy to cruise day after day at a comfortable pace jogging, swimming, bicycling, or whatever, and before you know it months have passed with no real improvement. This is where a personal trainer or a strength and conditioning coach is invaluable. We know how to achieve optimum results in minimum time-safely! You must use periodization principles to avoid overtraining not only your body, but also the mind. Too many intense workouts without some easy ones interspersed will deflate your motivation very quickly.