Personal Fitness Why is it important?  Your Health is the most important aspect of life… Without health, there is nothing  If our health is the most important thing in our life, then it is important that you have the opportunity to improve it!  What is the only class in your school day that allows you to better your personal fitness? Physical Education

Leading Causes of Death cdc.gov (Which ones are affected by exercise?) 1. Heart disease: 599, Cancer: 567, Chronic lower respiratory diseases (asthma): 137, Stroke: 128, Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118, Alzheimer's disease: 79, Diabetes: 68, Influenza and Pneumonia: 53, Kidney disease: 48, Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909

Fitness activities help us develop our T.P.C. T. otal P. erson C. oncept Our T.P.C. is made up of 4 different areas... Physical - Exercising or participating in activity Intellectual - Using our thought process during activity Social - Working well with others during activity Emotional - Using activity to help regulate emotions

Categories of Fitness Components 1. Health Related Components: Necessary for everyone to have to live a healthy lifestyle and most beneficial to one’s health. 2. Skill Related Components: Beneficial, but not necessary for a healthy lifestyle. Mostly needed for athletes. Which is most important? Health Related Components

Cardiovascular Endurance the ability to sustain vigorous activity that requires increased oxygen intake for extended periods of time.

Muscular Strength the amount of force that your muscles can exert against resistance i.e., How MUCH can your muscles lift at one time?

Muscular Endurance Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to sustain repeated contractions against a resistance for an extended period of time. i.e., How LONG can you lift for?

Flexibility The ability to move at the joints through the full range of motion (ROM).

Body Composition the body’s amount of fat compared to fat- free mass (bones, muscles, other body tissues)fatfat- free mass Those with normal % of body fat are less likely to be ill, suffer from a poor body image, and die an early death.

Skill Related Components

Agility The ability to change the position of your body and to control the movement of your whole body.

Balance The ability to keep an upright posture while either standing still or moving.

Reaction Time The amount of time it takes to get moving once you see or hear the need to move.

Coordination The ability to link various body movements together with your senses. It also includes moving two or more body parts at the same time.

Speed The ability to cover a distance in a short period of time.

Accuracy The ability to control the movement of one object toward another.

Benefits of Fitness  Stronger Heart  Lowers cholesterol and blood pressure  Reduces risk of cancer  More Energy  Reduces Stress  Enhances Relaxation  Boosts Self-Esteem  Helps Depression

F.I.T.T. u In order to increase health related benefits to physical fitness one must incorporate the F.I.T.T. Principle u F- Frequency- How often/many u I- Intensity- How hard u T-Time- How long u T-Type- What exercise

S.P.O.R.T. Principle S = Specificity  Your body will adapt to the specific type of training performed.

S.P.O.R.T. Principle P = Progression  Challenge your body’s ability gradually.  Change at least one portion of the FITT principle  Will decrease risk of injury

S.P.O.R.T. Principle O = Overload  Greater then normal load (wt or reps) required to produce training effect.

S.P.O.R.T. Principle R = Reversibility  Also referred to as “Law of Use”  If you don’t use it, you will lose it.  Fitness results don’t stay constant- must continually work.

S.P.O.R.T. Principle T = Training Effect  The end result of exercise  Reaching your goals