More and more teenagers are working out, whether for sports or to simply get fit. Fitness means that a person focuses on aerobic conditioning (e.g. walking, running, swimming, cycling) and good nutrition. When training for a sport, these four aspects of fitness are important to minimize the risk of injury.To maximize your training/exercising efforts, it’s important [...]

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For years, the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been used by health professionals to track weight problems and obesity in adults. This is a new term to most people. It is a measurement used by physicians studying obesity and uses a mathematical formula that takes into account both a person’s height and weight. BMI equals [...]

Fitness is the optimal functioning of the heart, lungs, and muscles, and is more than athletic ability.  According to the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Sport Medicine and School Health, fitness is defined as: muscle strength, flexibility, body composition (degree of fatness) and cardiorespiratory endurance.