Physical Fitness
Is a combination of health fitness and body fitness. A
person who is free from illnesses and can do physical or
sports activities and still have extra energy to do more
activities is physically fit.
Body Fitness
Refers to the ability to do strenuous physical or sports
activities without getting tired easily.
Health
Related
Fitness
This primarily associated with
disease prevention and functional
health. Participating in a regular
health related fitness helps you
control your weight, prevent
diseases and illness, improve mood,
boost energy and promotes better
sleep.
Health Related Fitness
components
Ability to use your joints fully
through a wide range of motion.
Ability to use muscle for a long
period of time without tiring.
Health Related Fitness
components
Ability of the heart, lungs, blood
vessels and blood to work
efficiently and to supply the body
with oxygen..
Ability of the muscle to lift a
heavy weight or exert a lot of
force one time.
Health
Related
Fitness
components
Combination of all the tissues
that make the body such as
bones, muscles, organs and
body fats.
Physical Activity and Exercise
-Activities done by the skeletal muscles that utilizes energy.
Examples are activities you are doing at home or in school. It is
classified into four domains
Occupational – these are the Domestic – Activities you do Transportation – activities Leisure time – activities you
activities you do at your at home such as washing that involves travelling such do during recreational
workplace such as lifting clothes and dishes, as riding a jeepney, tricycle, activities such as playing,
computer and books, going gardening carpentry, baking motorcycle or bikes. swimming, hiking, or craft
your friends’ desk or or cleaning the house. making.
preparing lunch at the
pantry.
Exercise
According to Buckworth and Dishman it is planned, structured,
repetitive bodily movements that someone engages in for the
purpose of improving or maintaining physical fitness or health.
This can either be Aerobics. Muscle
strengthening and Bone strengthening
activity.
Aerobics
Also called endurance activity, which people move their muscles in a rhythmic manner
Muscle
strengthenin
g
•Includes resistance training
and lifting weights, causes
the body muscle to work or
hold against an applied
force or weight.
Bone
strengthenin
g activity
Produces a force on
the bones that
promotes bone
growth and strength.
Barriers to
Physical
activity
• Lack of time
• Social Support
• Lack of energy
• Lack of motivation
• Fear of injury
• Lack of skill
• High cost and lack of
facilities
• Weather condition
Eating habit
• Refers to how and why people
eat, which foods they eat and
with whom they eat, as well as
the ways people obtain, store,
use, and discard food.
Individual, social, cultural,
religious, economic,
environmental, and political
factors all influence people’s
eating habit.
Improving your
Eating Habit
• REFLECT - on all your specific
eating habits, both bad and good
and your common triggers for
unhealthy eating.
• REPLACE - you unhealthy eating
habits with healthier ones.
• REINFORCE – your new, helathier
eating habits.
