I.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION OBJECTIVES:

1. Physical Development
- Enhance/Develop certain skills
2. Mental Development
- Acquiring Certain Techniques and strategies
3. Social Development
- Frequent interactions with classmates/team
- Develop sportmanship
- Develop teamwork, good leadership, camaraderie
4. Emotional Development

Exercise: Physical activity:

Planned A type of body movements that

Structured requires muscle contractions.
Repetitive

FIT Principle: Frequency, Intensity, and Type of exercise

II. Meaning of Physical Fitness and its Components.

 Physical Fitness
- the ability to perform daily tasks with ease, without becoming tired,
and with extra energy to enjoy leisure-time activities such as hobbies
and extra daily tasks.
- when a person can execute daily activities with maximum
performance, endurance, and strength.

A person that is physically fit can also manage some health-related diseases,
exhaustion, and undue stress.
 Physical Fitness Components

1. Cardiovascular endurance is the ability of the heart and lungs to work

together to provide the needed oxygen and fuel to the body during
sustained workloads.

Examples: jogging, cycling and swimming.

2. Muscular strength is the amount of force a muscle can produce.

Examples: bench press, leg press or bicep curl. The push up test is most
often used to test muscular strength.

3. Muscular endurance is the ability of the muscles to perform continuous

without fatiguing.

Examples: cycling, step machines and elliptical machines. The sit up test is
most often used to test muscular endurance.

5. Flexibility is the ability of each joint to move through the available range of
motion for a specific joint.

Examples: the sit and reach test is most often used to test flexibility.