Physical Fitness and Your Physical Fitness and Your HealthHealth

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What is Physical Fitness?What is Physical Fitness?

The ability to carry out daily tasks The ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserve easily and have enough reserve energy to respond to unexpected energy to respond to unexpected demandsdemands

Defined by participant’s levelDefined by participant’s level

Components of Physical FitnessComponents of Physical Fitness

Body CompositionBody Composition

FlexibilityFlexibility

Muscular StrengthMuscular Strength

Muscular EnduranceMuscular Endurance

Cardiorespiratory EnduranceCardiorespiratory Endurance

Body CompositionBody Composition

The ratio of body fat to The ratio of body fat to lean body tissue, including lean body tissue, including muscle, bone, water, and muscle, bone, water, and connective tissue such as connective tissue such as ligaments, cartilage, and ligaments, cartilage, and tendonstendons

FlexibilityFlexibility

The ability to move a body part The ability to move a body part through a full range of motionthrough a full range of motion

Flexibility is important because it Flexibility is important because it reduces muscular strains and lower reduces muscular strains and lower back problemsback problems

Muscular StrengthMuscular Strength

The amount of force a muscle can The amount of force a muscle can exertexert

Vital to activities that involve lifting, Vital to activities that involve lifting, pushing, or jumpingpushing, or jumping

Helps performs daily activities more Helps performs daily activities more efficientlyefficiently

Muscular EnduranceMuscular Endurance

The ability of muscles to do difficult The ability of muscles to do difficult physical tasks over a period of time physical tasks over a period of time without causing fatiguewithout causing fatigue

People with good muscular People with good muscular endurance generally have endurance generally have

better posture and fewer better posture and fewer

lower back problemslower back problems

Cardiorespiratory EnduranceCardiorespiratory Endurance

The ability of the heart, The ability of the heart, lungs, and blood lungs, and blood vessels to send fuel and vessels to send fuel and oxygen to the body’s oxygen to the body’s tissues during long tissues during long periods of vigorous periods of vigorous activityactivity

Measuring Body CompositionMeasuring Body Composition

Easiest way to measure body Easiest way to measure body composition is with an instrument composition is with an instrument called a calipercalled a caliper

Increased risk level of cardiovascular Increased risk level of cardiovascular problems develop at:problems develop at:– Males: 25% body fat or higherMales: 25% body fat or higher– Females: 30% body fat or higher Females: 30% body fat or higher

Measuring FlexibilityMeasuring Flexibility

Two basic tests to generalize Two basic tests to generalize flexibility level:flexibility level:– The backsaver sit and stretch testThe backsaver sit and stretch test– The knees to chest testThe knees to chest test

Both tests measure the flexibility of Both tests measure the flexibility of the lower back and hamstringsthe lower back and hamstrings

Measuring Muscular StrengthMeasuring Muscular StrengthEasy way to test Easy way to test upper body upper body strength:strength:– Push-upsPush-ups

Easy way to Easy way to measure measure abdominal abdominal strength:strength:– Curl upsCurl ups

Measuring Muscular EnduranceMeasuring Muscular Endurance

An exercise that tests muscular An exercise that tests muscular endurance is leg liftsendurance is leg lifts

A person in the healthy range should A person in the healthy range should be able to complete eight or more be able to complete eight or more leg liftsleg lifts

Seven or fewer leg lifts shows that a Seven or fewer leg lifts shows that a person is in the unhealthy rangeperson is in the unhealthy range

Measuring Cardiorepiratory Measuring Cardiorepiratory EnduranceEndurance

Use a step test to measure Use a step test to measure cardiorespiratory endurancecardiorespiratory endurance

After the test, find your pulse to see After the test, find your pulse to see where you ratewhere you rate

# of Heartbeats# of Heartbeats RatingRating

85-9585-95 ExcellentExcellent

96-10596-105 GoodGood

106-125106-125 FairFair

125 or more125 or more Must ImproveMust Improve

Benefits of Physical FitnessBenefits of Physical Fitness

Improves physical healthImproves physical health

Promotes mental and emotional Promotes mental and emotional healthhealth

Enhances social healthEnhances social health

Physical HealthPhysical Health

Improves body’s defense against Improves body’s defense against diseases, especially ones linked to diseases, especially ones linked to inactivityinactivity

Increases energy levelIncreases energy level

Promotes an active lifestylePromotes an active lifestyle

Mental/Emotional HealthMental/Emotional HealthServes as a stress relieverServes as a stress reliever

Stimulates intellectual thinkingStimulates intellectual thinking

Fights symptoms of depressionFights symptoms of depression

Leads to positive self-esteem and Leads to positive self-esteem and self-worthself-worth

Social HealthSocial Health

Helps to promote healthy Helps to promote healthy relationshipsrelationships

Builds self-confidence in Builds self-confidence in social interactionssocial interactions

Increases opportunity to Increases opportunity to interrelate with othersinterrelate with others

Benefits of ExerciseBenefits of ExerciseExercise makes Exercise makes your muscles, your muscles, bones, and other bones, and other moving parts moving parts strongerstronger

Exercise also Exercise also improves the improves the body’s defense body’s defense against diseaseagainst disease

Fun Ways to ExerciseFun Ways to Exercise

Ways to exercise Ways to exercise in a fun in a fun atmosphereatmosphere

Yoga, Aerobics, Yoga, Aerobics, Bicycling, Bicycling, Swimming, Swimming, Running, Lifting Running, Lifting Weights, KarateWeights, Karate

This graph shows the amount of kids participating in their high school PE programs