Looking Good, Feeling Good and Smelling Good! Personal Fitness

Goal of Today Emphasis of today is to check for knowledge and understanding with regards to your own personal fitness.

Please select a Team. Ants Butterflies Spiders Mosquitoes Beetles 1. 2. Ants Butterflies Spiders Mosquitoes Beetles 3. 4. 5.

Having fitness means……. That you are not overweight. You are good at sports. You are good at running. Can carry out everyday tasks without fatigue.

Everyday activities that we don’t think about Walking up stairs Carrying around back packs (muscular strength) Back problems Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Studying Brain uses 20% of all you energy Socializing Thumbs use 79% more energy than 10 years ago

What is the Health Risk factor that you can control? Gender Stress Levels Age Heredity

List of health risk factors that you can and cannot control Inactivity Can Control Obesity Can Control High Blood Pressure Can Control High Cholesterol Can Control Stress and Tension Can Control Smoking Can Control Gender Can’t Control Heredity Can’t Control Age Can’t Control

How to have a positive self-image The U.S. Surgeon General produced a report on the importance of physical activity so that the population would know…. How to have a positive self-image That engaging in physical activity is a matter of life and death. The importance of a strong military. The importance of being thin.

Fitness is a matter of life and death It is estimated that your generation will be the first generation to have average life expectancy to actually decrease!

Team Scores 30 Beetles 25.71 Butterflies 24.55 Spiders 22.5 Ants 18 Mosquitoes

Alcohol Use Stress Inactivity Stop Smoking Which risk factor has the greatest impact on over-all cardiovascular health? Alcohol Use Stress Inactivity Stop Smoking

Cholesterol Insulin Heart Stress Glucose Diets High in saturated fat cause______levels to become too high, thus clogging arteries. Cholesterol Insulin Heart Stress Glucose

What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.? Alcohol Abuse Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Drug Use Obesity

Team Scores 46 Beetles 43.86 Butterflies 43.5 Ants 37.18 Spiders 23.4 Mosquitoes

To be healthy and physically active, one must be.. An athlete Motivated and knowledgeable Non-handicapped Young Really, really, good looking

Who has higher test scores while participating in a fitness program? Females Males Athletes Adults None

Alaska Minnesota Maine Utah Hawaii Which state’s population, on average, lives five years longer than any other state? Alaska Minnesota Maine Utah Hawaii

Team Scores 61 Beetles 60.17 Ants 53.86 Butterflies 49.91 Spiders 32.9 Mosquitoes

Participant Scores 71 Participant 11 Participant 2 Participant 28 61 Participant 24