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Towards Personal Wellness
Towards Personal Wellness
Personalwellness is achieving
an improved quality of life,
ensuring personal growth, and
maximizing one’s potentials.
Social health – the ability to interact well
with other people;
Mental health – the ability to learn, think,
and grow intellectually;
Emotional health – the ability to
appropriately express and control
emotions; and
Spiritual health – the ability to put into
action one’s faith, beliefs, and values.
Fitness is the state of being
physically healthy and strong. It
also means a healthy body and
mind.
The principles of fitness testing
are specificity, reliability, and
objectivity.
Health-related components focus
on the general physical well-
being or overall health status of a
person.
Skill-related components are
needed in training potential
athletes and to help improve their
skills in different sports.
Body Composition
Cardiovascular Endurance
Flexibility
Muscular Endurance
Muscular Strength
Itrefers to the
percentage of body fat
as compared to lean
body mass.
Ability
of the body to
produce and distribute
enough oxygen during
exercise.
Itrefers to the range
of movements that the
joints are able to do.
Theability of a muscle
or group of muscles to
exert force to
overcome a resistance.
Theability of a muscle
or group of muscles to
work or contract
continuously over an
extended period.
Agility
Balance
Coordination
Power
Reaction Time/Alertness
Speed
Theability to change
directions and
positions quickly.
Keeps the body in
upright position while
stationary or while
moving.
Usingthe senses and
body parts together to
execute a movement.
Combination of the
strength and speed.
How fast the brain
reacts to stimulus and
initiates a response
from a part of the
body.
Theability of the body
or parts of the body to
move quickly.