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• Physical Education


  Education through the physical, an important part of holistic schooling, plays an important role in human development and continues to expand at a fast rate
• Physical Fitness


  The capacity of your body framework to cooperate effectively to permit you to be sound and perform exercises of day by day living
• Fitness


  A condition in which an individual has enough energy to avoid fatigue and enjoy life
• Health-Related Fitness


  The ability to become and stay physically healthy
• Body Composition


  Ratio of your fat to fat-free mass
• Cardiorespiratory Endurance


  Cardiovascular endurance, the ability of body to efficiently and effectively intake oxygen and deliver it to your body's tissues by way of the heart, lungs, arteries, vessels, and veins
• Flexibility


  The ability of joints to move through unrestricted range of motion, important at any age
• Muscular Endurance


  The ability of a particular muscle group to exert force, continuously and repetitively, over a period of time
• Muscular Strength


  The amount of force a particular muscle group can produce in one, all-out effort, your ability to move and lift objects
• Skill-Related Fitness


  Ability to perform during games and sports, also called performance fitness
• Components of Skill-Related Fitness

  • Agility
  • Balance
  • Coordination
  • Power
  • Reaction Time
  • Speed
• Agility


  The ability to move quickly and easily change direction
• Balance


  The state of equilibrium, the ability of body position to remain upright
• Coordination


  The ability to execute smooth, accurate, controlled motor responses
• Power


  Combines speed and strength
• Reaction Time


  How quickly you can respond to an external stimulus
• Speed


  The distance traveled per unit of time
• Physical Activity


  Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure, including during leisure time, for transport, or as part of work
• Dynamic Stretches


  • Arm circles
  • Squat
  • High Knees
  • Trunk Rotations or Trunk Twists
  • Leg Swing
  • Walking Lunge with a Twist
• Flexibility


  The ability of joint or series of joints to move through an unrestricted, pain free range of motion
• Importance of Flexibility

  • Fewer injuries
  • Improves posture
  • Enhanced athletic performance
  • Increases range of motion
• Cardiovascular


  Cardiovascular endurance, the ability of body to efficiently and effectively intake oxygen and deliver it to your body's tissues by way of the heart, lungs, arteries, vessels, and veins
• Functions of Cardiovascular System

  • Transport of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients
  • Clotting of open wounds
  • Regulation of body temperature
• Muscular Strength


  The amount of force you can put out or the amount of weight you can lift
• Muscular Endurance


  How long a muscle group can perform repeated contractions before getting fatigued
• High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)


  Training protocol alternating short periods of intense or explosive anaerobic exercise with brief recovery periods until the point of exhaustion
• Tabata


  A form of high-intensity physical training in which very short periods of extremely demanding activity are alternated with shorter periods of rest, typically over a period of four minutes
• Components of Health-Related Fitness

  • Body Composition
  • Flexibility
  • Cardiorespiratory Endurance
  • Muscular Strength
  • Muscular Endurance