What is cardiovascular and muscle endurance?
Endurance covers 2 of the 5 components of physical fitness. So it won’t surprise you to hear that to become physically fit, you need to improve your endurance. There are two types of endurance: • Cardiovascular endurance • Muscle endurance Cardiovascular endurance is a measure of how well your respiratory organs and circulatory system is functioning. Muscle endurance is a measure of how long your muscles can endure resistance put against them before they’re totally fatigued and lactic acid starts to build up. For complete fitness, you need to develop both cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
