Physical%20Fitness%20and%20Your%20Health

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Physical Fitness and Your Health

• Group 2
• Matt Colman
• Mike Dee
• Sean Phelan
• Patty Riddle

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What is Physical Fitness?

• The ability to carry out daily tasks easily and
  have enough reserve energy to respond to
  unexpected demands
• Defined by participants level

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Components of Physical Fitness

• Body Composition
• Flexibility
• Muscular Strength
• Muscular Endurance
• Cardiorespiratory Endurance

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Body Composition

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

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Flexibility

• The ability to move a body part through a full
  range of motion
• Flexibility is important because it reduces
  muscular strains and lower back problems

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Muscular Strength

• The amount of force a muscle can exert
• Vital to activities that involve lifting,
  pushing, or jumping
• Helps performs daily activities more efficiently

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Muscular Endurance

• The ability of muscles to do difficult physical
  tasks over a period of time without causing
  fatigue
• People with good muscular endurance generally
  have
• better posture and fewer
• lower back problems

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Cardiorespiratory Endurance

• The ability of the heart, lungs, and blood
  vessels to send fuel and oxygen to the bodys
  tissues during long periods of vigorous activity

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Measuring Body Composition

• Easiest way to measure body composition is with
  an instrument called a caliper
• Increased risk level of cardiovascular problems
  develop at
• Males 25 body fat or higher
• Females 30 body fat or higher

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Measuring Flexibility

• Two basic tests to generalize flexibility level
• The backsaver sit and stretch test
• The knees to chest test
• Both tests measure the flexibility of the lower
  back and hamstrings

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Measuring Muscular Strength

• Easy way to test upper body strength
• Push-ups
• Easy way to measure abdominal strength
• Curl ups

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Measuring Muscular Endurance

• An exercise that tests muscular endurance is leg
  lifts
• A person in the healthy range should be able to
  complete eight or more leg lifts
• Seven or fewer leg lifts shows that a person is
  in the unhealthy range

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Measuring Cardiorepiratory Endurance

• Use a step test to measure cardiorespiratory
  endurance
• After the test, find your pulse to see where you
  rate

of Heartbeats Rating
85-95 Excellent
96-105 Good
106-125 Fair
125 or more Must Improve
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Benefits of Physical Fitness

• Improves physical health
• Promotes mental and emotional health
• Enhances social health

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Physical Health

• Improves bodys defense against diseases,
  especially ones linked to inactivity
• Increases energy level
• Promotes an active lifestyle

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Mental/Emotional Health

• Serves as a stress reliever
• Stimulates intellectual thinking
• Fights symptoms of depression
• Leads to positive self-esteem and self-worth

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Social Health

• Helps to promote healthy relationships
• Builds self-confidence in social interactions
• Increases opportunity to interrelate with others

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Benefits of Exercise

• Exercise makes your muscles, bones, and other
  moving parts stronger
• Exercise also improves the bodys defense against
  disease

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Fun Ways to Exercise

• Ways to exercise in a fun atmosphere
• Yoga, Aerobics, Bicycling, Swimming, Running,
  Lifting Weights, Karate

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