Which of the following is NOT a health-related component of physical fitness?

• A. Agility
• B. Cardiovascular endurance
• C. Muscle endurance
• D. Flexibility

Answer: (A)

Health-related fitness focuses on elements that influence overall health and disease risk, such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and body composition. Agility, by contrast, is a skill-related quality that reflects how quickly and accurately you can change movement in response to a stimulus, relying on balance, coordination,, speed, and reaction time. It’s important for performance and injury prevention, but it isn’t categorized as a health-related component. Therefore, agility is the one that is not a health-related component, while cardiovascular endurance, muscle endurance, and flexibility all fit the health-related category.