Chapter 5: Learning Self-Management Skills Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills Lesson Objectives: Describe the stages of physical activity change. Describe several different self-management skills. Explain how you can use self-management skills for living a healthy life.

What is a determinant?

Determinants the reasons a person is physically active

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills Question What is meant by the term skill?

SKILL perform a specific action directed by the brain and nervous system and carried out by the muscles. also called "motor skills"

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills Question What is a sport skill?

SPORT SKILL leads to success in a sport or a game examples:

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills Question What is self-management?

SELF-MANAGEMENT an action that helps you change a behavior examples

What are the stages of physical activity?

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills The Stages of Physical Activity are: Couch potato – doing little or no activity Inactive thinker –thinking about beginning activity Planner – planning to be active Activator – beginning an activity program Active exerciser – the ultimate goal: doing regular activity

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills Question How active are teenagers?

HOW ACTIVE ARE TEENS? many are not active exercisers girls are less active than boys in all types of activity except flexibility exercises. activity levels as teens get older

What groups of people are inactive?

GROUPS OF INACTIVE PEOPLE lower economic groups (why is that?) unfit people (why is that?) older less active than younger (why is that)

What are some essential things people with good self-management skills do?

People with good self-management skills speak with others about helping define priorities personalize their goals consider goals for all parts of fitness learn principles of time management self-assess and re-evaluate their goals periodically

Lesson 5.1: Learning Self-Management Skills Question What are performance skills?

PERFORMANCE SKILLS Sport skills Skills used in a job

How can good self-management skills enable you to move to a higher stage of physical activity behavior?

Self-management skills can help get to the next stage of physical activity.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Question What does body mass index measure?

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Answer Body mass index is an indicator of your body composition—specifically, how heavy you are.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Question What is the difference between body mass index (BMI) and skinfold testing?

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Answer The BMI indicates how heavy you are. Skinfold testing uses your subcutaneous fat to estimate the proportion of your body mass that is body fat.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Question What does the back-saver sit and reach measure?

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Answer It measures the flexibility of the lower back and the muscles on the back of the thigh (hamstrings). See your workbook for information on how to conduct this test.

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Question How do you measure your body mass index?

Self-Assessment 5: FITNESSGRAM 2— Body Composition and Flexibility Answer Measure your height in inches without shoes. Measure your weight without shoes. If you are wearing street clothes (as opposed to lightweight gym clothing), you can subtract 2 pounds from your weight. Use the body mass index chart in your textbook (p. 81) to determine your body mass index (BMI).