What is Fitness?

What does Fitness mean? Who is considered fit? Is it the runner, lifter, swimmer, skier, or bodybuilder? I had someone the other day come up to me and ask if I could help them out with their workout. I said of course and I proceeded to talk about his goals. One of his goals was to become fitter. After establishing his goals I proceed to do an evaluation. From this evaluation one glaring weakness popped out, his lack of Range of Motion and Flexibility. We then moved onto the lifting part of the workout but every lift that I tried to do with him he could not do correctly because of his, should I say, none existent Range of Motion and Flexibility.


I talked to him about the importance of having a well balanced training program and explained to him the Renegade Wheel of Conditioning. Working out is just not about lifting weights and cardio. As a professional I recommended him to stop lifting for a month and work on his range of motion and flexibility. Of course he did not like my answer and was quit mad.

To me and the Renegade principal, a person who is fit is someone who is balanced in all areas. These areas include Range of Motion (Static), Range of Motion (Dynamic), Agility, Linear Speed, Strength, and Work Threshold. (John Davies, Renegade Training) If any of these areas are deficient problems will arise.