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Physical Education
Physical Education
LIFESTYLE
Combination of what we repeatedly do
the way an individual lives
How an individual lives
Everyday routine at home, in school, or at work.
Variables in Lifestyle:
Nutrition
Body weight
Physical activity
Health Habits
Aspects of Lifestyle
Food choice
Physical activity
Eating habits
Active Lifestyle
Helps avoid diseases
Being physically active
Physically fit
This modification should be done gradually, like reducing the intake of fatty food, getting up
to reach for something instead of asking someone to get it for you, and walking faster and
more often. So that the health risks will be reduced, changes in your lifestyle should be made.
Risk factors
These are variables in your lifestyle that may lead to certain diseases.
Risk factors associated with lifestyle:
Hypertension/high blood
Overweight and obesity
Excess total fat
High level of stress
Lack of exercise
Sedentary Lifestyle
Smoking
Unhealthy dietary practices
Alcohol Consumption
An unhealthy lifestyle brings certain diseases that can shorten your lifespan.
NCD’s (Non-communicable diseases)
Not transmitted from person to person, yet can kill more than 36M people a year
Also called chronic diseases, they are of long duration and are generally of short
progression.
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Heredity
Genetics – limits your capacity to change your body composition.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Activities held during one’s leisure time
Can be spent during leisure time, free time, and spare time
Can be active, passive, sedentary, couch potato, or stationary.
Recreational Act. require large body movements or small body movements
Large body movements;
Running
Jumping
Throwing
Small movements;
Playing board games
Doing arts and crafts
When in athletics or sports, this may require more physical exertion and competition.
However, athletics and sports may also participate in more for the enjoyment they bring rather
than competitive play.
Values derived in recreation
Social value
Emotional value
Leisure
Derived from the Latin word “Licere” meaning to permit/allow.
FID
F – frequency (time given/how often)
I – intensity (how hard)
D – duration (how long)
Physical Activity
Bodily movement that produces skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure.
Ex. Crouching, active transportation (bike), and doing household chores
Physical activity is not an exercise because exercise is a subcategory of physical activity that is
planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful in the sense that the improvement and
maintenance of physical fitness.
2 types of physique
Apple shape
Pear shape
A person is physically fit if:
He/she can mingle with other people after work
Having a positive outlook on life
Being proportional
Can prolong doing vigorous activities without fatigue
Participation in regular moderate physical activity can lead to improved physical fitness. It is a
condition whereby the systems of the body are able to function at their optimal efficiency,
associated with an individual's ability to work effectively, to enjoy leisure time, to be healthy, to
resist disease, and to respond easily to emergency situations.
Benefits:
Physical fitness tests are also good gauges of your fitness level. Health-related and skill-related
components are tested to determine points of improvement of an individual.
HEALTH-RELATED COMPONENTS
are those that contribute to the development of the health and functional capacity of the
body.
This includes:
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Muscular strength
Flexibility
1. Cardiovascular
The ability or capacity of the circulatory system, heart, lungs, and vascular system to
supply oxygen to working muscles during exercise.
Heart, lungs
To function efficiently to a long period of time
2. Muscular Strength
ability of the muscles to produce or exert maximum force
ex. Push-ups
Becomes muscular endurance if the force exerted is repeated over a period of time.
3. Flexibility/body composition
ability of muscles to move joints with ease through normal ranges of motion without any
strain injury
ex., sit and reach
SKILL-RELATED COMPONENTS
On the other hand are those components that contribute to the development of skills.
This includes:
Speed
Power
Coordination
Balance
Agility
Reaction time
1. Speed
2. Power
4. Balance
ability to assume and maintain body position against the force of gravity
state of equilibrium, ability to remain standing/stable even when standing
5. Agility
To move and change directions quickly.
It is a combination of speed and coordination.
ex,. Shuttle run
6. Reaction Time
Amount of time it takes to make a physical response once you see the need to take an
action.
Length of time required to imitate a response to a specific stimulus
Factors Affecting Physical Fitness:
Age
Gender
Heredity
Nutrition
Activity
Disability
Benefits of Participating in Physical Fitness:
Less tension
Revitability
Natural Energy Boost
Increased confidence and self-awareness
Enhance Self-esteem
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Health Benefits:
Road map to good health and longevity
Improved quality of life
Lower blood pressure
Reduced arthritis pain
Weight loss
Lower risk of diabetes, cancers, osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases
Physical Benefits:
Improvement of skills specific to a particular activity
Relaxation, rest and revitalization
Social Benefits:
Bonding with family and friends
Opportunity to make new friends and acquaintances
Strengthen social networks and community identity