1. Socio-cultural Studies relating to participation in physical activity
Miss Mclaren

2. Objectives Define physical activity.
Identify and recall the benefits of exercise.
Identify and categorise the potential barriers to exercise.

3. Physical Activity
What is Physical Activity? How would you characterise it?
Anything that gets the body moving (not necessarily vigorously) and an umbrella term.
Play
Sport
Physical recreation/outdoor recreation
Physical Education/Outdoor Recreation

4. What is a Healthy Lifestyle?
What do you think should be in a healthy lifestyle?
Do you think society has this balance?
If not, what interferes with this:
Stress levels
Less time to prepare meals
Less time to commit to exercise programmes
Healthy balanced lifestyles: Day to day life that has equilibrium, quality and wellness and which includes the above!.

5. Definitions
EXERCISE: Planned or structured physical activity requiring physical effort, aimed at improving health and fitness.
Life-long physical activity: Enjoyable, health-enhancing movement that is sustained through life e.g. Walking, Yoga
Lifetime Sport: Activities that can be enjoyed over the course of a lifetime, e.g. table tennis, tennis or badminton.

6. Benefits of Regular Exercise: Physical
Active people are 50% less likely to have CHD than inactive people.
Can prevent Cancer
Lower blood pressure
Physical Benefits
Preserves bone density reducing the chance of osteoporosis
Reduces the chance of stroke, hypertension & blood clotting
Less chance of suffering diabetes, and your weight to be maintained.
Improves; the components of fitness

7. Benefits of Regular Exercise: Mental
Improves mood
Mental Benefits
Improves self esteem
Relieves Stress
Relieves Anxiety
Relieves depression

8. Benefits of Regular Exercise: Social
Meeting new people
Social Benefits
Decreased anti social behaviour e.g. Street football – What are the benefits?
Feeling of belonging

9. Factors contributing to increasingly sedentary lifestyles
Task: Give examples of how society has changed to make us more sedentary.

10. Barriers to Regular Participation
Task: Complete the card sort on barriers to regular participation.
There are 3 categories:
Provision, Opportunity & Esteem
Provision – The availability of facilities which allow for participation
Esteem –The confidence to take part
Opportunity – The chance to take part based on factors such as time, money etc.

11. Answers Opportunity Provision Esteem Lack of money
Opportunity
Provision
Esteem
Lack of money
No facilities near my house
Don’t like to sweat
No Time
Lack of transport
I don’t like exercising
I need child care
No gender specific clubs
I don’t like to show my body
Busy working
My local sports centre doesn’t have child care
Lack of confidence
Opening Times
Disabled access
Lack of motivation