Option 3:Fitness Choices

1. Option 3:Fitness Choices CQ: What does exercise mean to different people?

2. Critical Question 1 • What does exercise mean to different people?

3. What the syllabus says Students learn about: • meanings of exercise • exercise as a form of physical activity • exercise and its relationship to fitness • Students learn to: • critically examine questions such as: • to what extent should exercise be a part of lifestyle? • what does it mean to be fit?

4. Meanings of Exercise • Exercise has different meanings to different people, and individuals have varying fitness needs • it is important that a wide range of fitness choices are available. • People need to be able to access the types of activities that will help them best meet their own needs.

5. Think about the ‘whys’ and the ‘what’ • Why do people exercise? - is it for enjoyment, to relieve stress or for relaxation. • Is it planned to achieve benefits? • What do people consider to be exercise? • Do people think of it as something that is planned or • Is it just ‘ hard work’

6. Meanings of exercise continued • The wide range of different reasons that motivate people to want to exercise ensures that exercise will have different meanings for different people.

7. So What is Exercise? • Exercise is planned, structured and repetative body movements. It is performed to maintain or improve one or more components of physical fitness. • Physical activity on the other hand is any movement that results in some expenditure of energy

8. Exercise as a form of Physical Activity • Physical Activity in the form of exercise has always been considered a positive lifestyle behaviour. • As mentioned, exerciseinvolves participating regularly in a structured activity or series of activities to improve fitness. It is often • planned • organised • purposeful, which is usually fitness related • The FITT Principle is often applied to different exercise purposeseg, weight loss, endurance improvement, muscle toning. Improvements come about by manipulating either frequency, intensity, Time or Type of activity

9. Exercise will vary in intensity and can be determined by the following talk tests: • Light exercise (low intensity)- can sing while undertaking • Moderate exercise ( moderate intensity)- can talk/ hold conversation • Vigorous exercise (vigorous intensity)-insufficient breath to hold conversation “huff and puff” • Heart rate monitoring is also used by trained athletes

11. Physical activity is currently used as the overarching term that includes all movement-related activities that have a physical dimension. • Physical activity can include everything from an adult walking their dog or children playing a game of hide and seek, through to an elite athlete training and competing in their chosen sport • Physical activity benefits people of all ages. • Active lifestyles should start as a young age to develop good habits • Benefits are greatest if physical activity is maintained throughout life

12. Review Guidelines • Activity • Compare the National Physical Activity Guidelines for children and Adults • OC 327 • Analyse your physical activity levels over a week. How do you compare?

13. Exercise and its relationship to fitness • Defining Fitness: • The ability to carry out daily tasks with vigour, and alertness, without undue fatigue and with enough reserve energy to enjoy leisure time pursuits and meet unforseen emergencies (WHO) • The capability of the heart, blood vessels, lungs and muscles to function at optimal efficiency( Getchell 1979)

14. Exercise and its relationship to fitness • Exercise has a strong and clear link to fitness. • One of the most common reasons that people plan a structured exercise program is to enhance or maintain their level of fitness • The nature and extent of the exercise undertaken will significantly influence precisely what types of fitness gains are made. • These can be related to the health and skill related components of fitness and will be determined by the reason for exercise • eg general health gains, sports performance improvement • The difference will be which components are targeted and the intensity of the exercise • Regular participation in aerobic exercise is a protective factor against common life-threatening and debilitating chronic conditions such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some cancers.

15. The physical activity spectrum

16. Understand and Apply Activities Answer the following questions • What does it mean to be fit ( your opinion) • Do you consider yourself to be fit? Why / why not? • To what extent should exercise be part of lifestyle ( your opinion) • Compare your responses to other class members and identify similarities/differences • Discuss potential reasons for this • Reflect on the nature of your own Physical activity, where do you sit on the physical activity spectrum? ( use previous slide, PK 259)

17. What the syllabus says Students learn about: • the value that people place on exercise and fitness • changing attitudes to fitness • fitness as a commodity. • Students learn to: • analyse a range of opinions about the value that people place on fitness.

18. The value people place on exercise and fitness • CHANGING ATTITUDEDS TO FITNESS • Activity: • Read through the information provided from the differnt sources. • Collate the information and construct a timeline to demonstrate how attitudes to fitness have changed over time. • Provide a 2-3 paragraph summary that explains the major reasons or influences for these changes in attitudes.

19. Copy and complete the Mind map

20. Fitness as a commodity • A commodity is a product that exists to generate a profit • Commodification is the process of turning something into a commodity that can be bought or sold

21. Fitness as a commodity • The commodification of exercise and fitness became more apparent in the 1970s with the fitness boom • Individuals, communities and levels of Gov were more aware of the need for exercise to improve health • Companies recognised fitness could be a profit making commodity • There are a wide variety of products and services aimed at improving your fitness • List 5 you can think of:

22. Fitness as a commodity • In 2009, Business Review Weekly identified the fitness industry as earning $12–15 billion per year in Australia, with that figure expected to be $60 billion per year in 2012. • Money in the fitness industry is generated through a wide range of commercial transactions related to aspects such as: • employment, • gymnasium memberships, • fitness equipment, • training services, • Fitness clothing and • nutritional supplements.

23. Reasons for use • People choose to use, and pay for, fitness facilities and services for a range of reasons. • Some reasons include: • having access to a wide range of resources • having access to specific knowledge and skills of personnel • using the membership or service as a source of motivation.

24. Why choose a personal Trainer?