Physical Education GCSE
Fitness
What Fitness means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Fitness
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Reference: OCR
The ability to meet the demands of the environment, so a fit performer can cope with physical challenges.
Topics that use Fitness
- Health, fitness and well-being (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Data interpretation
- emotional
- Health, fitness and well-being
- physical
- Physiological explanation
- Relationships and differences between the three concepts
- sedentary lifestyle
- social
Using Fitness in the exam
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