Physical Education

• Physical Education: refers to the instruction of physical activities and games.
• Physical Activity: is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.
• Regular Physical Activity: A pattern of physical activity is regular if activities are performed in some order
• Physical Inactivity: is a term used to identify people who do not get the recommended level of regular physical activity
• Physical Fitness: A measure of a person's ability to perform physical activities that require endurance, strength, or flexibility.
• General Fitness: is a state of health and well-being.
• Specific Fitness: is a task-oriented definition based on the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations.
• Health Related components: Those factors that are related to how well the systems of your body work
• Skill Related Components: Those aspects of fitness which form the basis for successful sport or activity participation.
• Physical Fitness Test -designed to measure physical strength, agility, and endurance.
• Cardiovascular Fitness: The ability of the circulatory system to supply oxygen to working muscles during exercise.
• Body Composition: The relative percentage of body fat compared to lean body mass
• Flexibility: The range of movement possible at various joints.
• Muscular strength: The amount of force that can be produced by a single contraction of a muscle
• Muscular endurance: The ability of a muscle group to continue muscle movement over a length of time.
• Speed: The ability to move quickly from one point to another in a straight line
• Agility: The ability of the body to change direction quickly
• Balance: The ability to maintain an uprightposturewhilestillormoving
• Coordination: Integration with hand and/or foot movements with the input of the senses
• Reaction Time: Amount of time it takes to get moving.
• Power: The ability to do strength work at an explosive pace.
• Exercise: is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
• 4 basic categories of exercise: endurance, strength, flexibility, balance
• Endurance Exercise: These are activities increase your breathing and heart rate.
• Strength Exercises: It make your muscles stronger. These exercises also are called "strength training" or "resistance training.“
• Balance Exercises: It help prevent falls, a common problem in older adults.
• Flexibility Exercises: It stretch your muscles and can help your body stay limber.