1. Chapter 1
FITNESS AND WELLNESS

2. Physical Fitness
WHAT DOES A PHYSICALLY FIT PERSON LOOK LIKE?

3. Physical Fitness
~ The ability of your body systems to work together efficiently

4. HEALTH & WELLNESS ~ Definition of Health has changed over time.
~ Used to focus on illness only and getting people well.
~ New definition focuses on wellness and all parts of
health that allow you to look and feel good about
yourself.
~ Health is often associated with good fitness

5. HEALTH & WELLNESS
~ Wellness is a state of being that enables you to reach your fullest potential.
~Wellness includes Physical, Intellectual, Social, Emotional, and Spiritual Fitness.

6. Physical Activity ~ Any Movement using the large muscles of the body
~ Two Important benefits of a Regular Program of Physical Fitness are FEELING GOOD, LOOKING GOOD, and INCREASED ENERGY

7. Parts of Physical Fitness
~ HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ SKILL- RELATED
PHYSICAL FITNESS

8. HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ Cardiovascular Fitness
~ Strength
~ Muscular Endurance
~ Flexibility
~ Body Fatness

9. HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ Anyone can achieve health-related fitness
~ You can be great in one category of health-related
fitness but lack in another
~To be healthy, you should have good ratings in all
five health-related fitness categories
~ Hypokinetic Condition- health problems caused
partly by a lack of physical activity
- Examples: heart disease, high blood pressure

10. HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ Cardiovascular Fitness
- Ability to exercise your body for long periods of time
- A marathon runner would score high in this fitness category.

11. HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ Strength
- the amount of force your muscles can produce

12. HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ Muscular Endurance
- The ability to use your muscles many times without tiring
- One benefit of muscular endurance is the ability to resist fatigue

13. HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ Flexibility
- The ability to use your joints fully
through a wide range of motion

14. HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
~ Body Fatness
- The percentage of body weight that is made up of fat when compared
to other body tissues.

15. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Agility
Balance
Coordination
Power
Reaction Time
Speed

16. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Agility
The ability to change the position of your body quickly and to control your body’s movements

17. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Balance
The ability to keep an upright posture while standing or moving

18. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Coordination
The ability to use your senses together with your body parts or to use two or more body parts together

19. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Reaction Time
The amount of time it takes to move once you realize that you need to act.
A ballet dancer would not have much need for reaction time, but a hockey goalie would

20. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Speed
The ability to perform a movement or cover a distance in a short period of time

21. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Power
The ability to use strength quickly

22. Skill-Related Physical Fitness
Practicing these skills will improve your abilities
Just because you are good in skill-related fitness does not make you good in health- related fitness
Most sports require abilities in different skill categories
Some people have more natural ability in skill areas than others

23. Stairway to Lifetime Fitness helps accomplish fitness goals!
As you climb the Stairway to Lifetime Fitness, you move from your present level of activity and fitness to
LIFETIME FITNESS!

24. HOW HAS THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST MEDICAL DOCTORS???
It used to focus on illness and Now focuses on Health and Wellness

25. Do You EXHIBIT
GOOD
CHARACTER?

26. Coming in November
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
This could be
YOU!