PEH 4

• According to Clayne R. Jansen (2006), a day can be divided into three parts: the existence time, subsistence time, and free time.
• Existence time is the time spent for biological needs like having a meal, sleeping, and other personal care.
• Subsistence time refers to hours spent for economic purposes such as going to work, chores, and for students, hours spent in school, and school work.
• Free time is all the remaining time after.
• Recreation

  • derived from latin word "recreare" which means to be refreshed
  • refers to the activities that take place during an experience known as leisure
  • the universal need of man
• Outdoor is a space outside an enclosed area; includes the natural environment and resources which comprises the land, water, wild-life, vegetation, open space, and scenery.
• Recreational Activities

  • activities that you voluntary do during free time
  • all activities are held for everybody's enjoyment and pleasure
  • revitalize all the different aspects of life (physical, mental, social, and emotional)
• Classification of Recreational Activities

  • Spectator Type - people spend their time watching the event and derive enjoyment from it.
  • Participant Type - people do not gain enjoyment by watching; they do so by joining the activity.
• Active and Passive Recreation

  • Active Recreational Activity - people have to function effectively in performing the action.
  • Passive Recreational Activity - people have no excessive movement in performing the task or action.
• Physical and Mental Recreation

  • Physical Activity - people have to function effectively in performing the action.
  • Mental Activity - the mind is doing the functions with less body movement.
• • Public Recreation - involves the general public, run by the state, government or by non-profit agencies. Free, necessary service for society.
  • Private Recreation - confined to people working in private companies. Profit making business.
  • Commercial Recreation - recreation which the consumer pays and for which the supplier expects to make a profit.
• Physical Health Benefits

  • it gets the heart pumping and their bigger muscles at work.
  • promotes cardiovascular and muscular fitness.
  • improve the function of the immune system.
  • reduced obesity, reduced risk of disease, and increase life expectancy.
• Psycho-Emotional Health Benefits

  • helps people to rest, relax or un-wind, and feel revitalized.
  • provide the sense of "feeling good"
  • allows to discover inner spirit of self, creating new behaviors and identity
• Social Benefits

  • allows one to meet and interact with other who share the same passion of outdoor recreation
  • also promotes stewardship
  • helps form lasting friendship and develop a community
• Economic Benefits

  • people who have a relaxed body and mind tend to be more productive at work
• Spiritual Benefits

  • stir up spiritual
  • brings certain calmness within a person
  • strengthens an individual as it heal, rejuvenates, and soothes the body and soul.