PE 1Q

• PHYSICAL FITNESS

  • A person who is free from illnesses and can do physical or sports activities and still has an extra energy to do more activities is considered to be physically fit.
  • Combination of health fitness & body fitness
• HEALTH FITNESS

  Body’s ability to fight off diseases
• BODY FITNESS

  Ability to do strenuous physical or sports activities without getting tired easily.
• SPECIFIC COMPONENTS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS:

  1. agility
  2. balance
  3. coordination
  4. endurance
  5. flexibility
  6. organic vigor
  7. power
  8. speed
  9. strength
• AGILITY

  change direction or position in space with quickness ad lightness of movement while maintaining dynamic balance
• BALANCE

  • Control organic equipment neuro-muscularly
  • a state of equilibrium
• COORDINATION

  Integrate the body parts to produce smooth motion
• ENDURANCE

  • Sustain long continued contractions where a number of muscle groups are used
  • Capacity to bear or last long in a certain task without undue fatigue.
• FLEXIBILITY

  Quality of plasticity, which gives the ability to do a wide range of movement
• ORGANIC VIGOR

  Soundness of the heart and lungs which contributes to the ability to resist disease 
• POWER

  Muscles release maximum force in the shortest period of time
• SPEED

  Make successive movements of the same kind in the shortest period of time.
• STRENGTH

  • Capacity to sustain the application of force without yield breaking
  • Ability of the  muscles to exert efforts against resistance.
• HEALTH RELATED FITNESS

  • Primarily associated with disease prevention and functional health
• HEALTH RELATED FITNESS COMPONENTS

  1. body composition
  2. cardiovascular endurance
  3. flexibility
  4. muscular endurance
  5. muscular strength
• BODY COMPOSITION

  Combination of all tissues that make up the body such as bones, muscles, organs, and body fat.
• CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE

  Ability of heart, lungs, blood vessels, and blood work efficiently and to supply the body with oxygen
• FLEXIBILITY

  Ability to use joints fully through a wide range of motion
• MUSCULAR ENDURANCE

  Ability to use muscles for a long period of time without tiring
• MUSCULAR STRENGTH

  Ability of muscle to lift a heavy weight or exert a lot of force one time.
• SKILLS RELATED FITNESS COMPONENTS

  1. agility
  2. balance
  3. coordination
  4. power
  5. reaction time
  6. speed
• AGILITY

  change body positions quickly and keep the body under control when moving
• BALANCE

  keep the body in a steady position while standing and moving
• COORDINATION

  body parts work together when performing an activity
• POWER

  Combine strength with speed while moving
• REACTION TIME

  Move quickly once a signal to start moving is received
• SPEED

  Move all or a part of the body quickly
• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

  • Done by the skeletal muscles that utilize energy
• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CLASSIFIED INTO 4 DOMAINS:

  1. occupational
  2. domestic
  3. transportation
  4. leisure time
• DOMESTIC

  • Activities you do at home
  • Washing clothes and dishes, gardening, carpentry, baking, or cleaning the house.
• OCCUPATIONAL

  • Activities you do at your workplace
  • Lifting computers and books, preparing lunch at the pantry
• TRANSPORTATION 

  • Activities that involve travelling
  • Riding a jeepney, tricycle, or bikes
• LEISURE TIME

  • Activities you do during recreational activities
  • Playing, swimming, hiking or craft making
• EXERCISE (ACCORDING TO BUCKWORTH AND DISHMAN)

  • planned, structured, repetitive bodily movements that someone engages in for the purpose of improving or maintaining physical fitness or health.
• AEROBIC

  • Endurance activities
  • Physical activities in which people move their large muscles in a rhythmic manner for a sustained period.
• MUSCLE-STRENGTHENING ACTIVITY

  • includes resistance training and lifting weights, causes the body’s muscles to work or hold against an applied force or weight
• BONE-STRENGTHENING ACTIVITY

  • sometimes called weight-bearing or weight-loading activity
  • produces a force on the bones that promotes bone growth and strength
• BARRIERS TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

  1. lack of time
  2. lack of energy
  3. lack of motivation
  4. lack of skill
  5. social support
  6. fear of injury
  7. high costs and lack of facilities
  8. weather conditions
• EATING HABITS

  • food habits
  • refers to why and how people eat, which foods they eat, and with whom they eat, as well as the ways people obtain, store, use, and discard food
• INFLUENCES ON FOOD CHOICES

  1. individual preferences
  2. cultural influences
  3. social influences
  4. religious influences
  5. economic influences
  6. environmental influences
  7. political influences