Fitness

1. Fitness The Benefits of Exercise

2. The Benefits of Fitness Pick up a copy of the article and a copy of the notes from the back table. Take out your syllabus and notebook. Write homework in your agenda. Partner up and read the purple article to each other. Discuss with your partner What is the importance of physical activity? What are the benefits of physical activity?

3. Fitness Fitness means more than being physically healthy. Fitness is the ability of your mind and body to work together to their highest possible levels. What does fitness mean to you?

4. Being Fit….. gives you energy to last the whole day helps keep your weight at the right level for you helps you deal with stress and the ups and downs of life gives you self confidence and makes it more likely you will succeed at whatever you attempt makes your life more fun

5. Staying Active Get outside and do something active with friends Dance Join a Team Go for a Walk Run Races Etc. What will you do today?

6. Physical Benefits Exercise builds strong muscles Exercise is good for your heart and lungs. Exercise also helps you maintain a desirable weight. Have you ever experienced the physical benefits of fitness?

7. Mental Benefits Exercise makes you feel more energetic. You will get tired less easily. Exercise can help you relieve stress. You will feel proud of what you have accomplished. Have you ever experienced the mental benefits of fitness?

8. Social Benefits Some exercises can be done with a group. This kind of exercise allows you to meet new people and make new friends. Working out with friends also helps keep you going when you think you’d like to quit. Friends can encourage you and cheer you on. Have you ever experienced the social benefits of fitness?

9. How Exercise Helps You Exercise builds muscular strength. Muscle strength is the most work your muscles can do at any given time. Anaerobic: Fast powerful movements

10. How Exercise Helps You Exercise builds muscular endurance. Muscle endurance means how well a muscle group can perform over a given time without becoming overly tired. Heart and Lung Endurance means how well the heart and lungs get oxygen to the body during exercise and how quickly they return to normal. Aerobic Exercise: Rhythmic, nonstop, vigorous activities, such as running or cycling, that aid the heart.

11. How Exercise Helps You Exercise promotes flexibility. Your flexibility is the ability you have to move your body joints in certain ways. Stretching Exercises Exercise helps you relax. Exercise actually causes chemical changes in the brain that make you feel more relaxed. Endorphins are released into the bloodstream. Vigorous exercise can also be an outlet for frustration.

12. How Exercise Helps You Exercise helps control your weight. Exercise makes your body burn calories faster. For a short time after you stop exercising, your body continues to burn calories at a higher rate. Exercise makes you feel and look good. Exercise gives you more energy and helps firm up your muscles. As a result you feel better. See figure 4-9 on page 120 and 4-10 on 121

13. On a piece of paper list at least five ways that you can get more exercise than you do on an ordinary day. For example you could jog to school instead of walking, take the stairs rather than the elevator, or use your muscles instead of a machine to do a task.

14. Closure Define Fitness: What are the three areas of benefit from exercise? List and explain 6 Ways that exercise helps you. What is aerobic activity? What is anaerobic fitness?

15. Applying Health Concepts Work with a partner to list excuses people give for not exercising. Create a skit to show how to not fall for this excuse.