P.E

• Recreation


  Activities that you voluntarily participate in during your free time that gives enjoyment and refreshes one's mind and body
• Factors to consider when choosing recreational activities

  • Of your interest
  • Voluntary participation
  • Meets your recreational satisfaction needs (physiological, educational, social, relaxation, aesthetics)
• The fourth leading cause of disease is inactivity according to the World Health Organization
• Lifestyle


  The patterns of your behavior on how you typically live, including eating habits, physical activity participation, and recreational choice
• Most medical conditions are associated with one's lifestyle such as diabetes and obesity
• Healthy lifestyle


  • Engage in regular physical activity
  • Eat healthy foods
  • Manage stress
  • Follow good personal healthy habits
• HELP philosophy


  • Health (healthy aging)
  • Everyone (health for all)
  • Lifetime (the longer healthy lifestyles are practiced, the greater the benefits)
  • Personal (each person's needs are the basis of their lifestyle change)
• Factors affecting weight

  • Genes
  • Environmental factors (behavior and lifestyle choices)
• Energy balance


  Comparing the amount of energy consumed as food with the amount of energy expended through physical activities, exercises, and resting metabolism
• Indoor recreational activities

  • Badminton
  • Volleyball
  • Zumba fitness dance
• Badminton

  • Originated from the game puna played by English army officers in India
  • Requires skills like power, flexibility, agility, and footwork
• Volleyball

  • Began in 1895 in Massachusetts, USA
  • Involves skills like serving, volleying, setting, spiking, and blocking
• Zumba fitness dance


  • Accidentally discovered by Alberto Beto Perez, a celebrity fitness trainer from Colombia
  • Improves cardiovascular health
  • Helps in losing weight
  • Relieves stress
• Zumba


  A dense fitness craze that was born in the mid-90s when an aerobics instructor forgot his aerobics music and improvised using Latin music like merengue and salsa
• Benefits of Zumba

  • Improves cardiovascular health
  • Helps in losing weight
  • Relieves stress
  • Improves mood
  • Tones the abdominals
• Hiking


  Going on an extended walk for the purpose of pleasure and exercise
• Benefits of Hiking

  • Offers cardiovascular fitness
  • Gives the feeling of relaxation
  • Balances your daily life routine
  • Good option for weight management
• Tips for outdoor activities

  1. Pick a partner

  2. Pick a destination

  3. Know your time and distance

  4. Be physically ready

  5. Choose your gear and backpack

  6. Pack and wear appropriate clothing

  7. Plan your meals

  8. Keep communication lines open

  9. Practice wilderness ethics
• 10 Essential Checklists for Backpackers

  • Navigation
  • Sun protection
  • Insulation
  • Illumination
  • First aid supplies
  • Fire
  • Repair kit and tools
  • Nutrition
  • Hydration
  • Emergency shelter
• Orienteering


  An outdoor navigational recreational activity using specially drawn and detailed maps that requires navigational skills to navigate from point to point
• Map


  A picture or representation of the earth's surface that includes a compass rose showing directions
• Compass


  An invaluable tool that every backpacker should know how to use, with a magnetized needle floating in liquid and responding to the earth's magnetic field
• Bearing


  The direction from one spot to another measured in degrees from the reference line of north
• Benefits of Orienteering

  • Enhances decision making skills about map interpretations and using compass
  • Develops cardiovascular endurance and general fitness
  • Develops self-confidence and reliance
  • Teaches teamwork
  • Creates appreciation for the environment
• Nutrients needed for physical activities

  • Protein
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fat
  • Water
• Local governments can support physical activity through parks and recreation departments, working with school districts, and providing resources to local organizations
• Active recreation is an alternative activity that helps us live in a healthy lifestyle and maintain a desired weight