Components of Physical Fitness

This shows that you can lose weight by reducing any of the components of the body. However, lean body weight could be seen as healthy weight, as it contributes to the performance of the body. Fat weight in excess would be unhealthy weight, as it would cause a loss in performance as it requires oxygen without giving anything back to the body.
It is necessary to take a body fat measurement to show that the weight loss is fat and not muscle.
It is impossible to turn muscle into fat or fat into muscle. This is because they are completely different types of tissue in the body. A good training programme will produce a loss of fat or excess fat and a gain in muscle tissue. So while it may look like one is turning into the other, this is not the case. This happens particularly when an athlete does weight training.

1. Triceps brachii
With the client’s arm hanging loosely, a vertical fold is raised at the back of the arm, midway along a line connecting the acromion (shoulder) and olecranon (elbow) processes.
2. Biceps brachii
A vertical fold is raised at the front of the arm, opposite to the triceps site. This should be directly above the centre of the cubital fossa (fold of the elbow).
3. Subscapular
A fold is raised just beneath the inferior angle of the scapula (bottom of the shoulder-blade). This fold should be at an angle of 45 degrees downwards and outwards.
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