Physical Fitness

A presentation by
Shanjog Chamling Rai
 Introduction
Fitness is the ability to live a full and balanced life. The
totally fit person has a healthy and happy outlook towards
life. Fitness is the every human being’s absolute necessity. It
breeds self- reliance and keeps man mentally alert.
Physical fitness is essential for human being to adjust well
with his environment as his mind and body are in complete
harmony. It is generally agreed that physical fitness is an
important part of the normal growth and development of a
child to adult, a generic definition regarding the precise
nature of physical fitness has not been universally accepted.
 Some definitions
• Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability
to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities. Physical fitness is
generally achieved through proper nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical exercise,
and sufficient rest. ( wikipedia)

• It is found that physical fitness is not a static factor and it varies from individual to
individual and in the same person from time to time depending on factors.
(Clarke and Clarke - 1989)

• The United States president’s Council on physical fitness and sports defined the
terms “physical fitness as the ability to carry out daily task with vigor and
alertness, without undue fatigue, with ample energy to enjoy leisure time pursuits
and to meet unforeseen emergencies”
Motu Patlu are fit now……..

Are you ?
 Types of Physical Fitness
Health Related Fitness Skill Related Fitness

• Muscle strength • Agility

• Muscle endurance • Balance
• Flexibility • Coordination
• Cardiovascular endurance • Reaction time
• Body composition • Speed
• Power
 Health Related Fitness
• Muscle strength : The ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert a
maximum force against a resistance one time through the full range of
motion.
• Muscle endurance : The ability of a muscle or muscle group to exert a
sub-maximul force repeatedly over a period of time.
• Cardiovascular endurace : The ability to perform large muscle moderate
to high intensity exercise for prolonged periods keeping our heart rate in
the target zone.
• Flexibility : The ability to move a joint through its complete range of
motion.
• Body composition : ………is the amount of lean body mass compared with
the amount of body fat.
 Skill related fitness
• Agility : Ability to move and change direction quickly
• Speed : Amount of distance travelled in ove direction in
comparison to time.
• Reaction time : Time between stimulus-response
• Coordination : Putting relevant motor programs in
correct order
• Balance : Ability to maintain equilibrium
• Power : Ability to exert maximum muscular contraction
instantly in an explosive burst of movements.
 Benefits of Physical Fitness
• Boosts memory
• Prevents illness
• Improves depression and anxiety
• Improves strength
• Helps to maintain body weight
• Helps to quit bad habits
• Improves our mood
• Reduces laziness
• Increases longer life
• Better athletic performance and acheivement
• Better society
• Better country
 Some ways for physical fitness
• Morning/Evening walk
• Jogging
• Gym
• Zumba
• Dancing
• Leisure sports
• Yoga ?
• Treking ?
• And many others……………
Reasons you are not making gains
• Not eating enough
• Too stressed
• Not sleeping enough
• Not trying to get stronger
• Not set plan
• Regularity
 While getting fit……..
 Warm up and Cool down
 Stretch
 Avoid dehydration
 Avoid overtraining
 Get proper kits
 Getting FITT………
The FITT formula is made up for four important
parts of fitness training, frequency, time and
type. For exercise to be effective, it must be
done enough times per week(frequency), hard
enough (intensity), and for long enough (time).
Finally the kind (type) of exercise is important.
 Question of the day

• Can we take beer

instead of taking
water for our body ?
 Wake up guys !
Its time to get fit and enjoy more with your beautiful life………..
Cheers & Namaskar !