Physical fitness And Health Flashcards
Is an integral part of educational program designed to promote the optimum development of the individual through total body movement in the performance of properly selected physical activities.
Physical Education
Ability to live a healthy, satisfying, and useful life. Good life
Fitness
Ultimate goal of physical education
Fitness
Ability to accomplish daily task effectively and efficiently without undue fatigue and still have energy to meet unforeseen emergencies.
Physical fitness
Term to describe wellness.
Quality of life
Bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles. Requires energy expenditure and produces progressive health benefits.
Physical activity
Type of physical activity that requires “planned, structured and repetitive bodily movement to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness.”
Exercise
Two major components of physical fitness
Health-related fitness
Skill-related fitness
An ability to perform daily activities with vigor and is related to a low risk chronic disease. Characterized by moderate and regular physical activity.
Health-related fitness
Associated with performance. This is necessary for athletic accomplishment.
Skill-related fitness
The ability of the heart, blood vessels, blood and respiratory system to supply fuel to the muscles.
Cardiovascular fitness
Relative percentage of muscle, fat, and other tissues of which the body is composed.
Body composition
The range of motion available in a joint.
Flexibility
Ability to exert force or to lift a heavy weight.
Muscular strength
Ability to rapidly and accurately change the direction of the movement of the entire body in space. Skiing and wrestling.
Agility
