Fitness Is Not a Good Measurement of Health

Health + Fitness

Health and fitness are not the same

What is the meaning of fitness? Well, that depends on who you ask. The word fitness can be spread thin when it comes to defining what it is.

Fitness can have a different meaning for different groups because it is activity-specific.

Physical fitness for a powerlifter is not the same kind of fitness for a triathlete. In general, physical fitness is being able to apply the required strength and energy to complete specific physical activities.

If a powerlifter cannot complete a triathlon, then he would not be considered fit among a group of competing triathletes.

Health is different from fitness, but like fitness, there are variations of health.

In general, health is being free from illness and sustaining overall wellness. Within this concept, the dimensions of health are physical, mental, and spiritual.

Having a healthy body that is not affected by disease or physical impairments is a general description of physical health.

Spiritual health is having a sense of purpose and being. Participating in organized religion may be one aspect of spiritual wellness, but it is much more than that.

Our values, ethics, principles, and morals are other factors of spiritual health. Spirituality guides us to find the inner peace that is needed to get through the vicissitudes of life regardless of religious persuasion.

We don’t need religion to be spiritual. What was the religion of the prophets in the scriptures? It was obedience to the laws of God.

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