Fit, Part 2: Strength

Two weeks ago, I explained my concept of “Fit” as encompassing all aspects of Physical Fitness.  Today is part 2 of a 3-part series exploring the 3 big categories I’ve broken “Fit” down into: Endurance, Strength, and Movement Ability.  Strength There is a whole heck of a lot to be said about Strength and IContinue reading “Fit, Part 2: Strength”

Fit, Part 1: Endurance

Last week, I explained my concept of “Fit”, which encompasses all aspects of Physical Fitness.  Now I’m going to write a 3-parter that breaks down the 3 categories I put under physical fitness: Endurance, Strength, and Movement Ability. Endurance There are multiple kinds of endurance, but they are all about putting up with something difficultContinue reading “Fit, Part 1: Endurance”

What is Fitness? Part 5: Fit = Physical Fitness

In this blog series, I am exploring the ways I think about and define fitness.  Here are the previous articles: What is Fitness? Part 1: Defining the Question What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean What is Fitness? Part 4: Smart = MentalContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 5: Fit = Physical Fitness”

What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean

This is the third in a series of blogs about defining fitness.  Catch up on the other ones here: What is Fitness?  Part 1: Defining the Question What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself I’m going to start today with the words I finished with yesterday: Fitness, therefore, is about being yourContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean”

What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself

Yesterday, I talked about moving through the stages of learning from unconscious incompetence towards unconscious competence, and how this has allowed me to propose some questions about what fitness is.  Today, I want to talk about answering those questions for yourself. Today’s blog builds off of yesterday’s, so if you haven’t read that yet, pleaseContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself”