Pathfit 2

• Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and a set of attributes that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform tasks successfully, effectively, and efficiently without undue fatigue but with extra-reserved in case of emergency.
• General fitness is a state of health and well-being.
• Specific fitness is the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations.
• Health related physical fitness, also known as good health, includes components such as body composition (BMI), cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular strength, and muscular endurance.
• Skill related physical fitness, which enhances performance, includes components such as agility, balance, coordination, power, and speed.
• Wellness is an expanded idea of health, it is the ability to fully function with vitality and meaning, and it is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices towards a healthy and fulfilling life.
• Wellness is more than being free from illness, it is a dynamic process of change and growth.
• Physical wellness is to maintain overall physical health and engage in appropriate physical activity.
• Intellectual wellness is to pursue and retain knowledge, think about issues, make round decisions, identify problems, and find solutions.
• Emotional wellness is to have a positive self-concept, deal constructively with your feelings, and develop positive qualities.
• Emotional awareness is the ability to recognize, respect, and accept your feelings as they happen.
• Emotional acceptance is the ability and willingness to accept and feel all your emotions, no matter how uncomfortable they are.
• Emotional management abilities that help you regulate your emotional responses to situations are part of emotional wellness.
• Spiritual wellness involves developing a set of principles or values that gives meaning or purpose to one's life and developing faith in something beyond self.
• Pulse rates vary from person to person.
• Serum levels of various stress hormones such as cortisol are indicators of stress.
• Environmental wellness involves protecting yourself from environmental hazards and minimizing the negative impact of your behavior on the environment.
• Blood pressure is the force of circulating blood on the walls of the arteries.
• Heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats per minute.
• Normal heart rates at rest for children (ages 6-15) are 70 to 100 beats per minute, and for adults (ages 18 and over) are 60 to 100 beats per minute.
• Occupational wellness involves enjoying your occupational endeavors and appreciating your contributions, personal satisfaction through work.
• Physiological indicators or parameters are measurable biological functions that provide insight into the health and well-being of an individual, including heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and serum levels of various stress hormones such as cortisol.
• Body temperature is a measure of an organism's ability to generate and get rid of heat.
• Physical fitness and wellness are important for everyone, regardless of their body type or BMI, as they promote good health and can increase life expectancy, reduce risk of injury, and improve overall quality of life.
• Immunology is the study of the immune system and is a very important branch of the medical and biological sciences.
• Stress may be defined as any situation which tends to disturb the equilibrium between a living organism and its environment, and reactions to stress are associated with enhanced secretion of a number of hormones including glucocorticoids, catecholamine, growth hormone and prolactin, the effect of which is to increase mobilization of energy sources and adapt the individual to its new circumstance.
• Social wellness is to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with a network of friends, family members, and to contribute to the community.