QUIZTIME: Fitness Quiz Answers, Question 4
Here is more detail on the answer to question four from the short 10 question fitness quiz we recently took!
The range of motion around a joint is:
- Muscular power
- Flexibility
- Agility
- All of these
Flexibility is the ability of a joint to move through an unrestricted, pain-free range of motion. Many variables affect the loss of flexibility including injury, inactivity or a lack of stretching. See the images for varying degrees of flexibility. The great news is that, with practice, in most cases you can increase your range of motion.
Muscular Power – Power is defined as the maximal force a muscle group is able to produce in as short amount of time possible.
Agility – Agility is defined as an athlete’s ability to move at an accelerated pace in one direction and then instantly decelerate and shift position within a matter of seconds.
Guess what? All three are important to have so make sure you incorporate not only different exercises but also different styles of exercising in your workouts!
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Sources: verywellfit, NASM, golf, UC Davis Health, physio-pedia.com