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

2. 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.

3. What is a determinant?

5. Determinants
the reasons a person is physically active

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What are the stages of physical activity?

15. 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

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

17. 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

18. What groups of people are inactive?

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

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

23. 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

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

25. PERFORMANCE SKILLS
Sport skills
Skills used in a job

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

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

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

29. 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.

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

31. 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.

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

33. 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.

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

35. 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).