1. Health, fitness and exercise

2. What you will learn about
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What you will learn about
in this topic:
The definition of health, fitness and exercise
The comparisons between health and fitness
The effects of a lack of exercise

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Learning objectives
By the end of this presentation you should be able to:
Understand the terms health, fitness and exercise
Describe each of these terms
Explain how a lack of exercise affects performance

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Definition of health
A state of complete mental, physical and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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Definition of fitness
The ability to meet the demands of the environment

6. Definition of exercise
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Definition of exercise
A form of physical activity done to maintain or improve your health and fitness.

7. Definition of performance
How well a task is completed

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Task
Design five questions with answers about health and skill related fitness. (no 1 word answer questions) 8

9. To maintain a level of general fitness, you should try to:
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To maintain a level of general fitness, you should try to:
Exercise three to five times a week
Increase your heart rate to above 60 per cent of your maximum
Keep your heart rate raised for no less than 20 minutes in each session

10. Being healthy involves deloping these components
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Mental well-being
Physical well-being
Being healthy involves deloping these components
Social well-being

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Fitness is to do with the physical, so your body may be functioning at a peak but the other aspects of health may not be present.
Mental is to do with how well you concentrate, think things through and approach life.
Social is to do with how well you interact, cooperate and deal with other people.

12. In order to be healthy you have to be physically fit.
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In order to be healthy you have to be physically fit.
But as well as exercising in order to develop the physical component, you also need to be socially and mentally well-adjusted in order to be healthy.

13. Exercise is the link between health and fitness.
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If the social and mental components are lacking or underdeveloped you could still be physically fit but not classed as healthy.
Exercise is the link between health and fitness.

14. Effects of lack of exercise
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Effects of lack of exercise
Weight increase
Less flexibility
Become breathless sooner
Aerobic capacity is reduced
Loss of strength

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Task
Using ICT, create a poster showing the relationship between health, fitness and exercise.

16. Exam questions 1. Health is:
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Exam questions
1. Health is:
The ability to meet the demands of the environment
Working towards improving all areas of the body
A state of complete physical fitness and calmness
A state of physical, mental and social well-being
Teacher’s notes
Correct answer is 1D.

17. What you have learnt in this topic:
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What you have learnt
in this topic:
The definition of health, fitness and exercise
The comparisons between health and fitness
The effects of a lack of exercise

18. Learning objectives You should now be able to:
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Learning objectives
You should now be able to:
Understand the terms health, fitness and exercise
Describe each of these terms
Explain how a lack of exercise affects performance