Introducing Our
Fitness Program
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Physical Fitness as
Defined
A person who is free from illnesses and can do
physical or sports activities and still has an extra
energy to do more activities is considered to be
physically fit.
Physical fitness is a combination of health fitness and
body fitness.
Health fitness
refers to your body’s ability to fight off diseases.
Body fitness,
refers to the ability to do strenuous physical
or sports activities without getting tired
easily
Health Related
Fitness
This is primarily associated with disease
prevention and functional health.
Participating in regular health-related fitness
helps you control your weight, prevents
diseases and illness, improves mood, boosts
energy, and promotes better sleep.
Health Related Fitness
Components
1. Body Composition – The combination of all the tissues that make up
the body such as bones, muscles, organs and body fat.
2. Cardiovascular Endurance – The ability of the heart, lungs, blood
vessels, and blood to work efficiently and to supply the body with
oxygen.
3. Flexibility – The ability to use joints fully through a wide range of
motion.
4. Muscular Endurance – The ability to use muscles for a long period of
time without tiring.
5. Muscular Strength – The ability of the muscles to lift a heavy weight
or exert a lot of force one time
Skills Related Fitness
Components
1. Agility – The ability to change body positions quickly and keep the body under
control when moving.
2. Balance – The ability to keep the body in a steady position while standing and
moving.
3. Coordination – The ability of the body parts to work together when performing an
activity.
4. Power – The ability to combine strength with speed while moving.
5. Reaction Time – The ability to move quickly once a signal to start moving is
received.
6. Speed – The ability to move all or a part of the body quickly.
Physical Activity
and Exercise
Activities done by the skeletal
muscles that utilize energy are
called Physical Activities.
Exercise, according to a study by Buckworth
and Dishman, is the “planned, structured,
repetitive bodily movements that someone
engages in for the purpose of improving or
maintaining physical fitness or health
4 domains:
Physical activity
1. Occupational – These are the activities you do at
your workplace
2. Domestic – These are the activities you do at home
3. Transportation – These are the activities that
involve travelling .
4. Leisure Time – These are the activities you do
during recreational activities
Aerobic, Muscle-
strengthening, and Bone-
strengthening Activity
Aerobic Aerobic activities, also called endurance
activities, are physical activities in which people move
their large muscles in a rhythmic manner for a sustained
period.
Muscle-Strengthening Activity This kind of activity,
which includes resistance training and lifting weights,
causes the body’s muscles to work or hold against an
applied force or weight.
Bone-Strengthening Activity This kind of activity,
sometimes called weight-bearing or weight-loading
activity, produces a force on the bones that promotes
bone growth and strength.
