Being Active For Life

Question 1

What are some examples of physical activity meaning different things to different people?

Answer 1

• rushing around during the day completing chores
• taking the dog for a walk every morning
• participating in a range of sports or recreation
• training up to 4 hours a day

Question 2

What are some personal factor influencing physical activity levels?

Answer 2

• goals and motivation
• willingness to persevere
• time management
• age and gender
• health status

Question 3

What are some social factors influencing physical activity levels?

Answer 3

• family and culture
• influence of peers
• importance placed on activity
• religion
• education
• finance

Question 4

What is physical activities to 0-5 years.

Answer 4

Play based
Basic motor movement exercises
Limited lack of coordination

Question 5

What is physical activities to 5-12 years?

Answer 5

Developing finer skill control

Starts to become team based and competitive

Question 6

What is physical activity to 12-24 years?

Answer 6

Highly competitive
Most athletic and capable of complex skills
Major focus is meeting social demands-body image

Question 7

What is physical activity like to 24-45 years?

Answer 7

Importance of competition loses its focus
Starts to become about health and social meetings
Good way to keep relationships going

Question 8

What is physical activities to 45+?

Answer 8

Becomes more about health and well-being
Starts to become less intense and less impact
More about relaxation and recreation based

Question 9

How can regular physical activities improve our health?

Answer 9

• increasing fitness levels (healthy heart and lungs)
• strengthening bonds and muscles
• avoiding weight gain
• avoiding sickness and illness

Question 10

What are the holistic effects to regular physical activity?

Answer 10

Social=develop relationships with peers and friends
Emotional= we feel better about ourselves because we look better
Mental=we set goals and pursue targets

Question 11

What are some strategies to achieve a better balanced lifestyle which includes physical activity?

Answer 11

• time management skills
• planning for exercise
• don’t take the easy way (eg. Take a stair, walk to work, carry shopping bags, etc)
• make it irreplaceable (eg. Just like eating and sleeping)

Question 12

What does physical activity mean?

Answer 12

Physical activity means moving around raising your heart rate. It can be almost anything that forces people to move from one position to the next.

Question 13

What do health related components contribute to?

Answer 13

The health related components contribute to a person’s health status or rank.

Question 14

What are the health related components?

Answer 14

• Cardiovascular capacity
• Flexibility
• Muscular strength
• Muscular endurance
• Body composition

Question 15

What is the definition of cardiovascular capacity?

Answer 15

Ability of the heart and lungs to provide oxygen to the working muscles and tissues of the body.

Question 16

What is the definition of flexibility?

Answer 16

The range of movement you have about your joints and muscles.

Question 17

What is the definition of muscular strength?

Answer 17

The amount of force you generate in one repetition.

Question 18

What is the definition of muscular endurance?

Answer 18

The ability to reproduce the same movement over and over again using the same muscle groups.

Question 19

What is the definition of body composition?

Answer 19

The structure and form of you all natural state. It’s referred to as your morphic state.

Question 20

What do the skill related components contribute to?

Answer 20

The skill related components of fitness contribute more closely to a person’s ability to perform skills in games and physical activities with proficiency.

Question 21

What is the skill related components?

Answer 21

• Power
• Agility
• Coordination
• Balance
• Reaction time
• Speed

Question 22

What is the definition of power?

Answer 22

Ability to produce an explosive single movement quickly.

Question 23

What is the definition of coordination?

Answer 23

Ability to move different body parts at the same time in different ways.

Question 24

What is the definition of balance?

Answer 24

Ability to main equilibrium through static and/or dynamic movements.

Question 25

What is the definition of reaction time?

Answer 25

The ability to promote or initiate movement in response to outside stimulus.

Question 26

What is the definition of speed?

Answer 26

The ability to move quickly in the one direction.

Question 27

How should you plan?

Answer 27

• Who is going with you?
• What the time one of your daily movements?
• Do you need food and water?
• What is essential and what is preferable?
• What are your transport arrangements?
• Do you have accommodation if required?

Question 28

How should you communicate?

Answer 28

• Who should know that you’re going somewhere?
• Have they got a schedule of your movements?
• Do you have fallbacks if you made sure of communication fails?
• Do you have the necessary contact details in an emergency?

Question 29

What is the first priority in any accidents situation?

Answer 29

If any accident situation our first priority is DRABCD.

Question 30

What is DRSABCD?

Answer 30

D-danger (to yourself, others, then the patient equals remove and check)
R-response (is the patient conscious