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Fitness

Fitness. Every Child Stronger, Every lifE Longer. What is fitness?. Fitness means being able to perform physical activity. It also means having the energy and strength to feel as good as possible. Getting more fit, even a little bit, can improve your health.

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Fitness

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  1. Fitness Every Child Stronger, Every lifE Longer

  2. What is fitness? • Fitness means being able to perform physical activity. It also means having the energy and strength to feel as good as possible. Getting more fit, even a little bit, can improve your health.

  3. Interesting Facts about fitness!!! • 1. Exercise Boosts Brainpower • 2. Movement Melts Away Stress • 3. Exercise Gives You Energy • 4. It's Not That Hard to Find Time for Fitness • 5. Fitness Can Help Build Relationships • 6. Exercise Helps Ward Off Disease • 7. Fitness Pumps Up Your Heart • 8. Exercise Lets You Eat More • 9. Exercise Boosts Performance • 10. Weight Loss Is Not the Most Important Goal

  4. Participate in at least 30-60 minutes of physical exercise at least 5 days a week • What can you do that counts? • - Sports • - Leasure activities • - Fitness movements MAIN GOAL = GET MOVING!!!!

  5. Terms that you should know! • FITT • F– Frequency-how often you work the muscle of the body • I- Intensity-How hard you work different muscle groups • T- Time-The length of time that you spend exercising • T- Tempo-Type of activity you chose to do

  6. Resting Heart Rate (RHR)- The number of times your heart beats per a minute when you are resting • Target Heart Rate – The level at which your heart and lungs receive the most benefit from a workout. This is the number of time s you WANT your heart to beat per a minute when you are working out. • Recovery Heart Rate- How quickly your heart rate returns to normal after exercise has stopped.

  7. How to find you max heart rate? • To find your maximal heart rate- which is the predicted maximum amount of time times your heart is capable of beating in one minute, comes down to a very simple mathematical equation!!! • 220- age = Max Heart Rate • Target Heart Rate- from the last slide you know what the Target Heart Rate is. The Target Heart Rate is 60%- 75% of you maximum. • Example: Mr. Davenport • 220-age= Max 197 x 0.60 (60%)= ? • 220-23= 197 bmp (beats per a minute)197 x 0.75 (75%)= ?

  8. Where do you fall on the chart?

  9. Warm-up: gentle activity that prepares your body for exercise • Generally, it lasts about 5-10 minutes • Goal is to get the heart rate up! Get the muscles loose and warm and to get a little sweat going! • Example: Jogging the two laps in Physical Education + the stations • Cool-down: A gentle activity to slow down after exercise • Walking and Static Stretching are great ways to cool down

  10. Other Terms! • Strength- The ability for your muscles to exert a force • Endurance- The ability to keep up a physical activity without becoming overly tired • Flexibility- The ability to move the joints through a full range of motion

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