2. Your Health -- Your Life! By Michele Jacks

3. Why Physical Fitness Is Important In Your Life Improves Life Long Health and reinforces knowledge learned in other subject areas  Increases Self-discipline  Enhances Skill development  Establishes Personal Goal setting

4. More Benefits to Physical Fitness  Improves self-confidence and self-esteem  Reduces stress and anxiety  Strengthens peer relationships  Improves judgment www.wfu.edu/athletic

5. Ways To Increase Your Fitness...

6. Eat a Balanced Diet www.aarogya.com

7. Make sure that your heart rate is elevated to your “Target Beats Per Minute” (220 minus age) and determine your resting heart rate through carotid radial artery measurement. Based on this information, you can figure out your target heart rate by computing 70 percent and 85 percent of your maximal heart rates. www.girltech.com/Sports Exercise 30 - 45 minutes at least 5 times a week

8. Participate in games, sports, dance, and outdoor pursuits, both in and out of school, based upon individual interests and capabilities. Explore introductory outdoor skills. Find Things That Interest You

9. Fun Facts Swimming, Dancing, Skateboarding, and many other outdoor activities are forms of exercise Exercise can be an individual or group activity

10. COMPREHENSION CHECK What types of activities lead to fitness? What types of activities hamper fitness? List 3 individual and 3 group activities for fitness.

11. WORKS CITED California Dept. of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov Physical Education Facts Google.com Images www.aarogya.com Image of a balanced diet Google.com Images www.usmc.mil Image of runner Google.comImages www.wfu.edu/athletic Image of sports equipment Google.com Images lemarquisny.com Image of gym equipment