BEING FIT VS BEING HEALTHY – KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

BEING FIT VS BEING HEALTHY – KNOW THE DIFFERENCE udfitnessworld.com/2020/04/10/being-fit-vs-being-healthy-know-the-difference April 10, 2020

Fitness and health are the two terms which are often used interchangeably by most of the people out there. Although these terms are related to each other but there is a difference in being fit and being healthy.

DEFINITION OF FITNESS: The word ‘FITNESS’ means ability to perform physical activities. This includes strength of your muscles, joints and ligaments; the state of your endurance and the power in which your body is capable of moving. This doesn’t mean HEALTH. A person can be fit and not necessarily be healthy.

When it comes to fitness, a person may be fit – be active, participate in sports, be able to lift weights, change the shape of their body, jump, run and increase their cardiovascular endurance but this doesn’t mean that state of their body or their overall well being is in good health.

For example, A fit person who may be going through emotional, relationship or any other kind of stress in their life will not be considered as healthy.

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DEFINITION OF HEALTH: The World Health Organization’s definition of health is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

Health covers a wide range of components which usually come under the umbrella word ‘WELLNESS’ WELLNESS covers many aspects of health like – Mental Health Emotional Health Physical Health Social Health Spiritual Health Relationship Health and so on A person can be healthy and not necessarily be fit.

If a person doesn’t have any physical injuries, any diagnostic condition, any kind of stress but he also doesn’t have great strength, endurance and flexibility then he is not fit but he is healthy.

A person can be both – Fit and Healthy If a person doesn’t have any physical injuries, any diagnostic condition, any kind of stress and he has great strength, endurance and flexibility then he is fit and healthy. More often, being fit leads to being healthy.

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