Chapter 9 NSTP

DIMENSION OF DEVELOPMENT:
RECREATION, PHYSIC AL FITNESS AND WELLNESS

OBJECTIVES
1. Define recreation, physical fitness, and wellness;

2. Explain how wellness can be achieved; and
3. Integrate wellness in mind and body by engaging in
physical activities.
• Activities done for leisure to
promote a person’s well-being
RECREATION
and growth
• Also means to socialize, meet
people and gain new friends
CHARACTERISTICS OF RECREATION
1. Involves voluntary choice and participation of the individual

2. Includes physical activities that are well organized, date-and time
flexible, suited to the individual’s need, and controlled by the
individual in terms of location, time, clothing and equipment, and
other conditions
3. Focuses on the individual’s participation more than on the results
4. Accessible and available to all regardless of socio-economic status,
age, sex, and disability
• Is a measure to the body’s ability to
function efficiently and effectively,
resist diseases, and confront
emergency situations.
PHYSIC AL FITNESS • Not only important to athletes but
to everyone
• Refers to a person’s overall
strength, flexibility, endurance of
the heart, lungs and muscle and
body composition
KEY CONCEPTS ABOUT PHYSICAL
FITNESS:
1. When exercising, the lungs take in additional oxygen

which is fuel for the heart and brain
2. Being fit enables the body to fight off illnesses and
diseases
3. Exercise helps reduce stress and tension. Strenuous
exercise stimulates the body to release endorphins. These
endorphins produce a happy feeling in people
FITNESS:
4. Exercise strengthens the bone, which makes doing the daily-

tasks easier. It helps heal major injuries
5. Exercise helps a person lose weight. When a person is in shape,
he/she has increased muscle mass. Since muscle burns more
calories than fat, this means a person’s body uses up more
calories and stores less of them as fast. Lower body fat is also
associated with a longer lifespan
6. Exercise helps strengthen the heart, lungs, and immune system
FITNESS:
7. Regular exercise reduces the risks of high blood pressure,

high cholesterol, diabetes, and some types of cancer
8. Exercise keeps the mind sharp, even as it improves brain
function
9. Being fit does not mean possessing a muscular build
10.Regular exercise helps a person sleep faster, better and
longer
• Physical fitness is a state of good physical
health
• Physical fitness is to the human body what
COMPONENTS OF fine-tuning is to an engine
PHYSIC AL FITNESS
• It enables people to perform to their
maximum potentials and helps them look
and feel good
COMPONENTS:
1. Cardiovascular endurance
-the ability of the body to deliver oxygen and nutrients to tissues
and to remove wastes over sustained periods of time
2. Muscular Strength
-the ability of the muscle to exert force for a brief period of time
3. Muscular endurance
-ability of a muscle or group of muscles to sustain repeated
contractions or continue to apply force against an inert object
COMPONENTS:
4. Flexibility
-the ability of the body to move joints and uses the muscles’
full range of motion
5. Body composition
-the body in terms of lean mass (muscles, bones, vital tissues,
and organs) and fat mass
BENEFITS OF REGULAR PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES
1. Exercise helps control weight

2. Exercise helps prevent heart diseases
3. Exercise helps improve mood
4. Exercise helps boost energy
5. Exercise helps enhance learning
• “the condition of good physical,
mental and emotional health,
especially when maintained by
appropriate diet, exercise and
other lifestyle modifications”
WELLNESS
• “a dynamic state of health in which
an individual progresses towards a
higher level of functioning, achieving
an optimum balance between
internal and external
environments”
SIX DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS
1. Physical wellness
-developed through the combination of beneficial physical
activity/exercise and healthy eating habits and lifestyle
-builds up muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular
strength and endurance and flexibility
2. Emotional wellness
-rooted on how you accept and manage feelings, understand your
limitations, navigate through stressful situations, and maintain
healthy relationships
3. Intellectual wellness
-emanates from one’s creative, stimulating, growth-oriented
activities that lead to learning new skills and sharing them with
others
4. Spiritual wellness
-rooted in the understanding that humans are spiritual beings
5. Social wellness
-involves contributing to one’s environment and community
6. Environmental wellness
-encompasses how you care for the environment, create
environments that are free from violence and the threat of
violence and live in an environment that is safe for you
physically and emotionally
BEHAVIORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
WELLNESS
1. Be physical active
2. Choose a healthy diet
3. Maintain a healthy body weight
4. Manage stress effectively
WELLNESS
5. Prevent drug abuse through the following means:

• Maintain good physical and mental health
• Use drugs as directed by the physician
• Understand, accept and respect your individual capacity
and ability
• Develop your potential. Engage in wholesome, productivity
and fulfilling activities
WELLNESS
• Learn to relate effectively to those who can communicate

their problems freely
• Learn to cope with problems other stresses without
resorting to drug abuse
• Seek professionally help if you cannot cope with the
problems that you can encounter
• Develop strong moral and spiritual foundation
WELLNESS
6. Protect yourself from disease and injury through lifestyle

modification and management

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DIMENSION OF DEVELOPMENT:

RECREATION, PHYSIC AL FITNESS AND WELLNESS

1. Define recreation, physical fitness, and wellness;

1. Involves voluntary choice and participation of the individual

1. When exercising, the lungs take in additional oxygen

4. Exercise strengthens the bone, which makes doing the daily-

7. Regular exercise reduces the risks of high blood pressure,

1. Exercise helps control weight

5. Prevent drug abuse through the following means:

• Learn to relate effectively to those who can communicate

6. Protect yourself from disease and injury through lifestyle

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