Module 4: Fitness choices Flashcards
The different meanings of exercise
-Exercise means different things to different people.
Includes
-Exercise
-Physical activity
-Fitness
-Health
What is exercise?
In broad terms:
-Exercise is any activity involving significant movement of the body or its limbs.
Can be planned and structured or unplanned and incidental.
What is physical activity? (according to WHO)
All movements in everyday life, including work, recreation, exercise and sporting activities.
How can exercise be a part of lifestyle?
Conscious decision to integrate it into daily life, overcome barriers including
finding time, motivation to participate, fatigue, weather, knowledge of what to do, etc.
How does the meaning of exercise change with age? Suggest reasons for this change
Standards that you set for yourself as you grow older may change to adapt to your health. As you get older your health worsens, and thus exercising may simply just be to maintain health as opposed to building muscle.
What are some examples of exercise in lifestyle?
-Running multiple days a week before work
-participating in a workout class 3 days a week
-walking during lunch break
What is physical fitness?
Physical fitness:
Refers to a set of attributes that people have or achieve and that relates to the ability to physical activity.
What are the 2 attributes of physical fitness?
Health related
Skill related
What is the relationship between fitness and exercise?
Physical fitness is a series of responses your body makes to exercise.
What is the difference between exercise and physical activity?
Exercise is a subcategory of physical activity
-with the purpose to improve their physical fitness
What are the benefits of physical activity and exercise?
Purpose
community
bonding
empowerment
improvement in fitness components
weight loss
What are the factors influencing the values of fitness
age
gender
cultural background
past experiences
interests
occupation
peers
family
access
socio-economic status
What does ‘value of fitness’ mean?
The importance, worth, or usefulness of fitness in the life of the individual
How does occupation influence the values of fitness
Athlete- incredibly valuable and important
Firefighter- valuable as their job requires good fitness
-Office worker- not very valuable, they are sedentary and work long hours with no exercise, not required for job
How has attitudes towards fitness changed?
-Fitness used to be not as important, as many people worked in labour and worked physically.
-Now that office work is prominent, people engage in exercise much more often.
-More fitness classes, body image, technology
Define the term Commodification
the process of turning something into a commodity that can be bought or sold.
Define the term Commodity
Any useful or valueable thing, especially something that is bought and sold.
Used in economic contexts.
How has fitness become a commodity?
The fitness industry has boomed, making immense amounts of profit from fitness products and services.
What are some examples of the commodification of fitness?
-Gym memberships
-Personal training
-Protein shakes
-Home exercise equipment
-Gym wear
-Clothing
-Supplements, powders
-Apps
-Sports tech and watches
-Online workout programs and videos
-Personal nutrition
What are the individual fitness activities
-power walking/running
-swimming
-cycling
-weight training programs
-tai chi
-pilates/yoga
-emerging individual fitness activities
What are the group fitness activities?
-aerobics/aquarobics
-pump/step/spin classes
-circuit training
-team games
-exercise for specific groups (exercise for pregnancy, children, fitness, gentle exercise for the aged)
-emerging group fitness activities
How do you evaluate a fitness activity?
-What are the benefits
-where can it be completed
how expensive is it
-what demographic does it attract
-what time commitments are required
What influences people’s choice of fitness activities?
-settings for exercise
-advertising and promotion
-motivators and barriers to promotion
Settings for exercise
-exercise at home (home gyms)
-community facilities
-fitness centres and personal trainers
-exercise clubs (running, walking, cycling)
-cultural groups
