Lifetime Fitness and Wellness

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Chapter 15
ChapterOutline
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• Lifetime Fitness and Wellness

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Key terms
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• Physiological age The biological and functional
  capacity of the body versus the standard expected
  for a particular chronological age
• Chronological age Calendar age

• Functional capacity The ability to perform
  ordinary and unusual demands of daily living
  without limitations, excessive fatigue, or injury
• Life expectancy How long a person is expected to
  live, based on birth year

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Lifestyle, health, longevity
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• Lifestyle actions you take today will have an
  impact on health and quality of life in middle
  and advanced age
• The rate at which aging changes take place
  depends on a combination of genetic and lifestyle
  factors
• Your lifestyle habits will determine to a great
  extent how your genes will affect your aging
  process
• Lack of physical activitya common phenomenon
  seen in our society as people ageis accompanied
  by decreases in physical work capacity that are
  greater by far than the effects of aging itself

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Figure 15.1
Relationships among physical work capacity,
aging, and lifestyle habits
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Critical thinking
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• How long would you like to live, and are you
  concerned about how you will live the rest of
  your life?

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Life expectancy physiological age
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• Critical lifestyle habits studied in this course
  help determine your statistical chances of dying
  at a younger age or living a longer life
• Are your lifestyle habits accelerating or
  decelerating the rate at which your body is
  aging?
• Most factors that affect health and longevity are
  under your own controland you can do something
  to make them work for you instead of against you

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Key terms
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• Conventional Western medicine Traditional
  medical practice based on methods that are tested
  through rigorous scientific trials

• Complementary and alternative medicine A branch
  of medicine concerned with treatments and health
  care practices not widely taught in medical
  schools, not generally used in hospitals, and not
  usually reimbursed by medical insurance companies

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Complementary alternative medicine (CAM)
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• Alternative medicine practices have not gone
  through the same standard scrutiny as
  conventional medicine
• Practitioners often do not have the years of
  education given to conventional medical personnel
• Many people have found relief from ailments or
  have been cured through unconventional treatments
• In due time CAM theories will need to be
  investigated using scientific trials similar to
  those in conventional medicine

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Critical thinking
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• Have you or someone you know ever used
  complementary or alternative medicine treatments?
• What experiences did you have with such treatment
  modalities, and would you use them in the future?

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Common CAM practices
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• Acupuncture
• Chiropractics
• Herbal medicine
• Homeopathy

• Naturopathic medicine
• Ayurveda
• Magnetic therapy
• Massage therapy

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Complementary alternative medicine
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• There is a lack of regulation of natural and
  herbal products
• Natural does not imply that a product is safe
• Many products, including some herbs, can be toxic
  in large doses
• A combination of high-dose vitamins and/or herbal
  supplements with prescription drugs can yield
  undesirable side effects

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Complementary alternative medicine
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• Always let your health care practitioners know
  which medications and alternative supplements
  (including vitamins and minerals) are being taken
  in combination
• Education about alternative treatments is vital
• What are the advantages and disadvantages, risks,
  side effects, expected results, and length of
  therapy

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Quackery fraud
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• The conscious promotion of unproven claims for
  profit
• The rapid growth of the fitness and wellness
  industry during the last three decades has
  spurred the promotion of fraudulent products that
  deceive consumers into miraculous, quick, and
  easy ways to achieve total well-being

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Health/fitness advice on the Internet
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• The Internet is full of both credible and dubious
  information
• The following tips can help as you conduct a
  search on the Internet

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Health/fitness advice on the Internet
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• Look for credentials of the person or
  organization sponsoring the site
• Check the date when the site was last updated
  (credible sites are updated often)

• Check the appearance of the information on the
  site
• It should be presented in a professional
  mannerif every sentence ends with an exclamation
  point, you have a good cause for suspicion

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Health/fitness advice on the Internet
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• Exercise caution if the sites sponsor is trying
  to sell a product
• Credible companies trying to sell a product on
  the Internet usually reference their sources of
  health information and provide additional links
  that support their product

• Compare a sites content to other credible
  sources
• Note the address and contact information for the
  company
• A reliable company will list more than a P.O.
  box, an 800 number, and the companys e-mail
  address

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Health/fitness advice on the Internet
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• Be on the alert for companies that claim to be
  innovators while criticizing competitors or the
  government for being close-minded or trying to
  keep them from doing business

• Watch for advertisers that
• Use valid medical terminology in an irrelevant
  context
• Use vague pseudomedical jargon to sell their
  product

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Guidelines to select a health/fitness facility
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• Make sure the facility complies with the
  standards established by the American College of
  Sports Medicine (ACSM) for health and fitness
  facilities
• Examine all exercise options in your community
• Health clubs/spas, YMCAs, gyms, colleges,
  schools, community centers, senior centers

• Check to see if the facilitys atmosphere is
  pleasurable and nonthreatening to you
• Analyze costs versus facilities, equipment, and
  programs

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Guidelines to select a health/fitness facility
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• Find out what types of facilities are available
• Walking/running track, basketball/tennis/racquetba
  ll courts, aerobic exercise room, strength
  training room, pool, locker rooms, saunas, hot
  tubs, facility access
• Check the aerobic and strength-training equipment
  available

• Consider the location
• Is the facility close to your home?
• Check on times the facility is accessible
• Work out at the facility several times before
  becoming a member

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Guidelines to select a health/fitness facility
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• Inquire about the instructors qualifications
• Consider the facilitys approach to fitness
• Does it include all health-related components of
  fitness?

• Ask about supplementary services
• Fitness assessments, blood chemistry analysis,
  health/wellness seminars

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Personal trainer
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• An exercise specialist who works one-on-one with
  an individual and is typically paid by the hour
  or exercise session
• Exercise sessions are usually conducted at a
  health/fitness facility or at the clients own
  home
• Currently, anyone who prescribes exercise can
  call him/herself a personal trainer without proof
  of education, experience, or certification
• Personal trainers should have an undergraduate
  degree in a fitness-related area and
  certification from a reputable health/fitness
  organization (ACSM or IDEA)

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Purchasing exercise equipment
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• Do not buy equipment for purported benefits if
  you do not enjoy the activity
• Try it out several times before making the
  purchase
• Consider quality
• Look for signs of wear and tear on similar units
• Consider maintenance costs (cheaper units may not
  be a wise investment)

• Exercise equipment is valuable for people who
  prefer to exercise indoors
• Watch out for expensive gadgets
• Monitors that provide exercise heart rate, work
  output, caloric expenditure, speed, grade, and
  distance may help motivate you
• But monitors are expensive, need repairs, and do
  not enhance the actual fitness benefits of the
  workout

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Critical thinking
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• Are there people around you that you admire and
  would like to emulate for their wellness
  lifestyle?
• What behaviors do these people exhibit that would
  help you adopt a healthier lifestyle?
• What keeps you from emulating these behaviors,
  and how can you overcome these barriers?

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Lifetime fitness wellness
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• The real challenge a lifetime commitment to
  fitness and wellness

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Life Expectancyand PhysiologicalAge
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• For every runner who tours the world running
  marathons, there are thousands who run to hear
  the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to
  the day when it is all suddenly as easy as a bird
  in flight. For them, sport is not a test but a
  therapy, not a trial but a reward, not a question
  but an answer.
• George Sheehan

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Lifetime fitness wellness
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• Fitness and wellness is a process that requires a
  constant and deliberate effort to achieve and
  maintain a higher quality of life
• Improving the quality of your life, and most
  likely your longevity, is in your hands
• Only you can take control of your lifestyle and
  thereby reap the benefits of wellness

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