Chapter 1: Why Personal Fitness?Chapter 1: Why Personal Fitness?

How can this class impact/improve your quality of

life?

Fitness Habits of Students

• Current American Lifestyle fosters lack of fitness. Why?– Mechanical devices– Technology

What has the research shown us about people

who workout?• Active lifestyle during childhood

has a direct benefit to health in later years.

• Those who are active as children tend to be active as adults.– So should PE be mandatory for all children?

What has the research shown has happened to high school students

over the past 20 years?

• Overall fitness has declined• Poor eating habits• Blood pressure higher• Higher % of body fat• If overweight as a teenager, odds are you will be

overweight as an adult• About ½ of people 12-21 regularly participate in

vigorous physical activity• ¼ of young people report no vigorous physical

activity

Fitness in America• Good News

– Americans are aware that inactivity and poor health habits are linked to illnesses and early death.

– There is a trend to health and fitness in the last 10 years

• Bad News– Not enough

exercising and changing lifestyles

– 10% of adults get recommended amount of activity

– ¼ of adults have no leisure time activity

What is the major cause of the deaths in our country?

What are people dying from?

• Lifestyle diseases– Many of the

major health problems are caused by our lifestyles

• Examples:– Heart disease– High blood

pressure– Stroke– Diabetes (Type

2)– Cancer– Emphysema– Cirrhosis of

Liver

What does it mean to be healthy?

• Health – State of

complete physical, mental and social well being

More than “absence of disease”

• Wellness– Quality of life– Components

• Intellectual-think critically

• Physical• Emotional-manage

stress– Positive self-

concept• Spiritual-meaning

& purpose in life• Social-relationships

To be truly healthy

• Balanced Lifestyle• All components

are related to each other.

Physical Fitness• The ability to attain certain

physical attributes– Perform daily activities with vigor– Reduce risk of health problems

related to lack of exercise– Complete a variety of activities

Two Types of Physical Fitness

• Health Related– Contribute to disease

prevention and health promotion

– Vital for lifetime well-being

Body CompositionFlexibilityMuscular StrengthMuscular EnduranceCardiorespiratory

Endurance

• Skill Related– Helps to be successful in

sports– These do not make you

physically fit

SpeedPowerCoordinationReactionAgility

Fitness Triangle

What are the risk factors? What could lead to our death? Maybe

earlier than expected.• Controllable

– Physical inactivity

– Cigarette smoking

– Obesity – excess of fat

– High blood pressure (hypertension)

– High cholesterol– High stress

lifestyle

• Uncontrollable– Heredity– Age – Gender

Fitness & our Lifestyle• Gender – Who is more likely to

workout?• Race or ethnic background• Socioeconomic status• Age• Culture

You Decide!!!