Republic of the Philippines Cagayan State University www.csu.edu.ph Topic 3 Lesson 6: Understanding the Aerobics Exercise Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: A. understand the origin of Aerobics; B. compose a jingle about the benefits of aerobics exercises; and C. recognize the importance of aerobic activities in one’s life. Readings The concept of aerobics was pioneered in the United States by physician Kenneth H. Cooper and popularized in his books, Aerobics (1968), which discussed scientific exercise programs through running, walking, swimming, and bicycling; and The Aerobics Way (1977), which describes research findings and case histories, answers questions about exercise for men, women, children, senior citizens, and athletes, and includes a program for heart-attack patients. Cooper devised a form of exercise that helped to prevent coronary artery disease. He called that system Aerobics. These exercises were initially invented for astronauts who were carefully monitored for pulse rate and oxygen consumption. Later, it was observed that these types of exercises were also useful for most individuals. Then different forms of aerobics came about. Cooper’s system uses point charts to rate the aerobic value of various exercises for different age-groups. As individuals progressively upgrade the quantity and quality of their exercise, they can gauge the improvement in their physical condition through the point system. In the 1980s aerobics was popularized by Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons through workout videotapes Republic of the Philippines Cagayan State University www.csu.edu.ph and instructional programs. Sometimes called group fitness, aerobics is most often practiced in health and fitness clubs where groups of one to two dozen exercisers follow the lead of an instructor whose movements are synchronized to up-tempo popular music. In 1983, Howard and Karen Schwartz organized Sport Fitness International (SFI) to oversee a new competitive sport. They developed sport aerobics. Sport aerobics competition originally featured in four categories: Individual male, individual female, mixed pairs, and trio. In 2002, the competition included for groups of six athletes. Competitors are judged on a one-minute, 45-second routine done with music. Judges use two criteriaartistic merit and technical, with a maximum of 10 points each. The International Gymnastics Federation formally adopted sport aerobics as gymnastics discipline in 1996 after their first world championship in 1995. Doing aerobics increases cardiorespiratory fitness, which is one of the five essential components of physical fitness. Cardiorespiratory fitness is the ability of the body's circulatory systems to maintain oxygen levels and supply fuel during sustained physical activity. While aerobic fitness is important for doing aerobics, there's more to it than that. Being aerobically fit means that you have a strong heart, circulatory system and lungs, and those factors affect you far beyond your ability to perform aerobic activity. Your heart and lungs have some level of involvement in every single bodily function you have. That's because your entire body requires a well-oxygenated blood supply to function effectively. A strong heart and circulatory system allows your body to deliver the necessary fuel to all of the outposts in your body via your blood flow. Not only that, but a strong heart pumps more effectively, providing more blood to your body with each beat. Similarly, healthy lungs bring in oxygen and expel Republic of the Philippines Cagayan State University www.csu.edu.ph byproducts efficiently and effectively. Both are essential in avoiding heart disease and other cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses. The importance of aerobics goes beyond your body's internal processes, however. If you are not aerobically fit, you're going to feel it as you go about your day. Maintaining aerobics fitness can help you to experience a better quality of life, because life's daily activities become that much easier when you can perform daily tasks - like walking up the stairs without getting winded or chasing down a toddler who saw his chance to make a break for it and took it. Assessment: Group Activity Compose a 1-2 minute jingle about benefits of Aerobic Exercise. (either video presentation or audio recorder) Criteria Content (Lyrics) 40% Originality- 30% Musicality- 30%
