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Health, fitness and
exercise
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What you will learn about
in this topic:
1. The definition of health, fitness
and exercise
2. The comparisons between health
and fitness
3. The effects of a lack of exercise
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Learning objectives
By the end of this presentation you
should be able to:
• Understand the terms health,
fitness and exercise
• Describe each of these terms
• Explain how a lack of exercise
affects performance
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Definition of health
A state of complete mental, physical
and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.
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Definition of fitness
The ability to meet the demands of
the environment
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Definition of exercise
A form of
physical activity
done to maintain
or improve your
health and
fitness.
Definition of performance
• How well a task is completed
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Task
1. Design five questions with
answers about health and skill
related fitness. (no 1 word
answer questions)
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To maintain a level of general
fitness, you should try to:
• Exercise three to five times a
week
• Increase your heart rate to above
60 per cent of your maximum
• Keep your heart rate raised for no
less than 20 minutes in each
session
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Mental
well-being
Physical
well-being
Being healthy
involves deloping
these components
Social wellbeing
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• Fitness is to do with the physical,
so your body may be functioning
at a peak but the other aspects of
health may not be present.
• Mental is to do with how well you
concentrate, think things through
and approach life.
• Social is to do with how well you
interact, cooperate and deal with
other people.
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In order to be healthy you have to
be physically fit.
But as well as exercising in order to
develop the physical component,
you also need to be socially and
mentally well-adjusted in order to
be healthy.
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If the social and mental components
are lacking or underdeveloped you
could still be physically fit but not
classed as healthy.
Exercise is the link between health
and fitness.
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Effects of lack of exercise
• Weight increase
• Less flexibility
• Become
breathless sooner
• Aerobic capacity
is reduced
• Loss of strength
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Task
Using ICT, create a poster showing
the relationship between health,
fitness and exercise.
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Exam questions
1. Health is:
A. The ability to meet the demands of
the environment
B. Working towards improving all
areas of the body
C. A state of complete physical fitness
and calmness
D. A state of physical, mental and
social well-being
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What you have learnt
in this topic:
1. The definition of health, fitness
and exercise
2. The comparisons between health
and fitness
3. The effects of a lack of exercise
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Learning objectives
You should now be able to:
• Understand the terms health,
fitness and exercise
• Describe each of these terms
• Explain how a lack of exercise
affects performance