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Fitness & Wellness for All

Lesson 1.1 - Fitness for Life

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Lesson Objectives

  • Define
    • Physical Fitness
    • Health
    • Wellness
    • Physical Activity
    • Exercise
  • Describe some of the benefits of fitness, health, and wellness.

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What is Physical Fitness?

  • The ability of your body systems to work together efficiently to allow you to be healthy and effectively perform activities of daily living.

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Health and Wellness

Health - The state of optimal physical, mental, and social well-being.

optimal - best or most favorable

Wellness - A state of being that enables a person to reach their highest potential; includes intellectual, social, emotional, physical, and spiritual health

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Physical Activity and Exercise

Physical Activity - movement using the large muscle of the body.

Exercise - doing physical activity especially for the purpose of getting fit.

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Fitness, Health, & Wellness Benefits

Benefits of physical activity

  • Looking Good
  • Feeling Good
  • Enjoying Life
  • Meeting Emergencies

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Looking Good

  • Do you care about how you look?
  • How about your weight?
  • Being physically active is one healthy lifestyle choice that may help you look your best.

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Feeling Good

  • Be more fit
  • Don’t get tired
  • Get hurt less
  • Work less, but get more.

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Enjoying Life

  • Important to personal wellness.
  • Regular physical activity ⇒ being physically fit
  • Being physically fit ⇒ doing more things

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Meeting Emergencies

  • Run for help
  • Change flat tire
  • Offer assistance to others

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The Warm-Up & Cool-Down

Warm-up

  • Reduce injuries
  • Prepare body
  • Improve performance

Cool-Down - lower intensity activity to allow body to return to its normal body functions

  • Aids in recovery