EXERCISE

PRESCRIPTION
Exercise prescription
• Refers to the way of designing a program
that is individualized, safe and effective.
• It embraces MFIT and basic exercise
principles in order to maintain or improve
physical fitness level, lessen the risk for
lifestyle and other diseases, and improve
the quality of life.
Basic principles of
exercise
There are several important principles of exercise
that provide the basis of determining the amount
of physical activity for developing and maintaining
good health, wellness and fitness.

• OVERLOAD PRINCIPLE - The most basic of all

physical activity principle that indicates doing
“more than normal” to result in an improved
physical fitness of health benefits.
PRINCIPLE
OF
OVERLOA
D
PRINCIPLES OF
PROGRESSION

oRefers to the corollary of

overload principle that should
done in a gradual manner rather
than in major burst.
PRINCIPLE OF
SPECIFICITY

o To develop a certain
body parts of fitness
components, specific
type of exercise should
be performed to
achieve good results.
KAI SOTTO BODY PAST AND
PRESENT
PRINCIPLE OF
REVERSIBILITY

• It means that disuse or

inactivity results in loss of
benefits achieved as a
result of overload. This
principle can be sum up or
simplify by the fact that “if
you don’t use it, you will
lose it”.
PRINCIPLE
OF
REVERSIBIL
TY
PRINCIPLES OF REST
AND RECOVERY

• pertains to the
amount of rest
needed to allow the
body to adapt and
recover from
exercise.
PRINCIPLE OF
INDIVIDUALITY

• We should be guided by
this principle and be
constantly reminded that
the impact and benefits of
physical activity or workout
are different from one
person to another because
of individual differences
MFIT
Mode (type) Refers to the type of physical activity you preform.

Frequency (how often) Pertains to the number days of a person engaging in a

physical activity or exercise program in a week.

Intensity (how hard) Refers to the required exertion of intense physical activity to
be performed or work against a load greater than normal (overload).

Time/Duration (how long) This is the length of time the activity session is
performed.
Adult activity
level based on
total number of
steps
Pedometer
• Pedometers are
designed to detect
vertical movement at
the hip and so measure
the number of steps
and provide an
estimate of distance
walked.
This Pyramid shows different types of physical activities and exercise that contribute to
the optimum development of health, wellness and physical fitness of individuals.