PATHFit 1 Module 1 1

Module 1 - Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 1
Johnney P. Panizales
WARM-UP ACTIVITY
Let’ s do this…
5 minutes warm-up exercises
 Torso Twist Arm Reach

 Knee Hug
 Hip Rotation
 Chest Stretch
 Side Jacks
 Back Leg Stretch
 Toe Reaches
You may visit the link for instructional

video. ( https://youtu.be/SMBr883RE3E )
Let’s CHECK…
WHAT YOU KNOW
Define the following:
1. Physical Fitness
2. Balance
3. Muscular Strength
4. Power
5. Speed
6. Flexibility
7. Skill-Related Fitness
8. Agility
9. Reaction Time
10. Health-Related Fitness

Lesson I
PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS
Physical Fitness/Wellness
Fitness is very important for good

health. Besides feeling better mentally,
exercising can help protect you from heart
disease, stroke, obesity, diabetes, and
high blood pressure; and it can make you
look younger, increase and maintain bone
density, improve the quality of your life,
and may keep you from getting sick.
Exercising also helps you control stress
better, and can make you feel happier
and less nervous. Before you start an
exercise routine, ask your doctor about
what exercises to do. Then make a plan
to spend less time in front of the television
and/or computer, and begin exercising
more. Your doctor may suggest that you
begin by doing little things first, such as parking in the farthest corner of your parking
lot at work, taking the stairs rather than the elevator, taking your dog for a walk, or
riding a stationary bike. Little by little, adding daily exercise will help you begin to feel
better. Eating healthy foods is important for good health, too. Changing the kinds of
food you eat means paying attention to what you eat and how much you eat.
Depending on your location of employment, it may be nearly impossible to get healthy
food from vending machines or in a cafeteria, so you will need to be smart and make a
good food plan for yourself. It is important to eat a healthy breakfast; eat more fruits,
vegetables, salads, whole-grain breads, and egg whites; and foods that are boiled or
grilled – not fried. Ask your doctor or a dietician about starting a healthy, balanced diet.
WHAT IS PHYSICAL FITNESS?

Physical fitness refers to the ability of your body systems to work together efficiently to
allow you to be healthy and perform activities of daily living. Being efficient means doing daily
activities with the least effort possible. A fit person is able to perform schoolwork, meet home
responsibilities, and still have enough energy to enjoy sport and other leisure activities. A fit
person can respond effectively to normal life situations, such as raking leaves at home,
stocking shelves at a part-time job, and marching in the band at school. A fit person can also
respond to emergency situations - for example, by running to get help or aiding a friend in
distress
( https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/excerpt/what-is-physical-fitness ).

THE PARTS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
Physical fitness is made up of 11 parts - 6 of them health related and 5 skill

related. All of the parts are important to good performance in physical activity,
including sports. But the 6 are referred to as contributing to health-related physical
fitness because scientists in kinesiology have shown that they can reduce your risk of
chronic disease and promote good health and wellness. These parts of fitness
are body composition, cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular
endurance, power, and strength. They also help you function effectively in daily
activities.
As the name implies, skill-related physical fitness components help you perform
well in sports and other activities that require motor skills. For example, speed helps
you in sports such as track and field. These 5 parts of physical fitness are also linked
to health but less so than the health-related components. For example, among older
adults, balance, agility, and coordination are very important for preventing falls (a
major health concern), and reaction time relates to risk for automobile accidents. Each
part of physical fitness is described in more detail in the two following features: The Six
Parts of Health-Related Fitness and The Five Parts of Skill-Related Fitness.

HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
Think about a runner. She can probably run a long distance without tiring; thus
she has good fitness in at least one area of health-related physical fitness. But does
she have good fitness in all six parts? Running is an excellent form of physical
activity, but being a runner doesn't guarantee fitness in all parts of health-related
physical fitness. Like the runner, you may be more fit in some parts of fitness than in
others. The feature named The Six Parts of Health-Related Fitness describes each
part and shows an example. As you read about each part, ask yourself how fit you
think you are in that area.

Fit Fact
Power, formerly classified as a skill-related part of fitness, is now classified as

a health-related part of fitness. A report by the independent Institute of Medicine
provides evidence of the link between physical power and health. The report
indicates that power is associated with wellness, higher quality of life, reduced risk of
chronic disease and early death, and better bone health. Power, and activities that
improve power, have also been found to be important for healthy bones in children
and teens.
How do you think you rate in each of the six health-related parts of fitness? To
be healthy, you should be fit for each of the six parts. Totally fit people are less likely
to develop a hypokinetic condition - a health problem caused partly by lack of
physical activity - such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis,
colon cancer, or a high body fat level. You'll learn more about hypokinetic conditions
in other chapters of this book. People who are physically fit also enjoy better
wellness. They feel better, look better, and have more energy. You don't have to be a
great athlete in order to enjoy good health and wellness and be physically fit. Regular
physical activity can improve anyone's health-related physical fitness.
SKILL-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS
Just as the runner in our example may not achieve a high rating in all parts of
health-related physical fitness, she also may not rate the same in all parts of skill-
related physical fitness. Though most sports require several parts of skill-related
fitness, different sports can require different parts. For example, a skater might have
good agility but lack good reaction time. Some people have more natural ability in
some areas than in others. No matter how you score on the skill-related parts of
physical fitness, you can enjoy some type of physical activity.
Remember, too, that good health doesn't come from being good in skill-related
physical fitness. It comes from doing activities designed to improve your health-
related physical fitness, and it can be enjoyed both by great athletes and by people
who consider themselves poor athletes.
As noted earlier, health-related fitness offers a double benefit. It not only helps
you stay healthy but also helps you perform well in sport and other activities. For
example, cardiorespiratory endurance helps you resist heart disease and helps you
perform well in sports such as swimming and cross-country running. Similarly, strength
helps you perform well in sports such as football and wrestling, muscular endurance is
important in soccer and tennis, flexibility helps in sports such as gymnastics and
diving, power helps in track activities such as the discus throw and the long jump, and
having a healthy amount of body fat makes your body more efficient in many activities
( https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/excerpt/what-is-physical-fitness ).
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Mind exercise
TRUE OR FALSE
Read and understand the statement below. Write TRUE
if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is wrong.
Write your answer on the space provided.

MIND EXERCISE
1. Fitness is very important for good health.

2. Exercising also helps you control stress better,
and can make you feel happier and less nervous.
3. Flexibility is the ability to cover a distance at short
period of time.
4. Physical fitness is the ability to carry out activities
without undue fatigue.
5. Agility is the ability to respond to a stimulus quickly.
Enumerate and define the following:

1-3 – Three (3) health-related fitness components
1.
2.
3.
4-5 - Two (2) skill-related fitness components

4.
5.


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5 minutes warm-up exercises

 Torso Twist Arm Reach

You may visit the link for instructional

Define the following:

Module 1 - Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 1

Fitness is very important for good

WHAT IS PHYSICAL FITNESS?

Module 1 - Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 1

Physical fitness is made up of 11 parts - 6 of them health related and 5 skill

Module 1 - Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 1

Module 1 - Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 1

Power, formerly classified as a skill-related part of fitness, is now classified as

SKILL-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS

Module 1 - Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 1

Write your answer on the space provided.

1. Fitness is very important for good health.

Enumerate and define the following:

4-5 - Two (2) skill-related fitness components

Module 1 - Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 1

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