PRELIM

• PHYSICAL FITNESS - -is the ability of an individual to perform task successfully, effectively, and efficiently without undue fatigue but with extra- reserved in case of emergency
• Health-oriented - involves the components of physicalfitness that relate to good health.
• Skill-oriented - involves the components ofphysical fitness that relate to enhancedperformance in sports and motor skills.
• Health Oriented

  • Body Composition
  • Cardiovascular Fitness
  • Flexibility
  • Muscular Strength
  • Muscular Endurance
  • Organic Vigor
• Skill Oriented

  • Agility
  • Balance
  • Coordination
  • Power
  • Speed
  • Reaction Time
• Wellness - is an expanded idea of health. It is the ability to live fully– with vitality and meaning.
• 8 Dimensions Of Wellness

  • Social
  • Physical
  • Intellectual
  • Emotional
  • Spiritual
  • Environmental
  • Financial
  • Occupational
• PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORSOF PHYSICAL FITNESS

  • -present a measure of an organism’s response to a changing environment.
• HEART RATE or PULSE

  is the number of times your heart beats per minute. Normal heart rate varies from person to person. Knowing yours can be an important heart-health gauge
• BLOOD PRESSURE

  • The force of circulating blood on the walls of the arteries
• Blood pressure is taken using two measurements:

  • systolic
  • diastolic
• Systolic - measured when the heart beats, when blood pressure is at its highest
• Diastolic - measured between heart beats, when blood pressure is at its lowest
• BODY TEMPERATURE - is a measure of an organism’s ability to generate and get rid of heat. The human body has mechanisms to maintain its internal temperature within a relatively narrow, safe range despite relatively large variations in temperatures in which the body exists.
• Stress can lead to changes in the serum level of many hormones including glucocorticoids, catecholamine, growth hormone and prolactin. Some of these changes are necessary for the fight or flight response to protect oneself
• Adrenaline - produced by the adrenal glands after receiving a message from the brain that a stressful situation has presented itself.
• Norepinephrine - A hormone similar to adrenaline, released from the adrenal glands and also from the brain, says Good
• Cortisol - A steroid hormone, commonly known as the stress hormones, produced by the adrenal glands.
• Immunology is the study of the immune system and is a very important branch of the medical and biological sciences. The immune system protects us from infection through various lines of defense. If the immune system is not functioning as it should, it can result in disease, such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer