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What is Wellness?

What is Wellness?. Wellness is a choice Wellness is a way of life Wellness is an integration of body/mind/spirit Wellness is a process… a developing awareness that there is no end point, but that health and happiness are possible in each moment, here and now. Wellness Video.

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What is Wellness?

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  1. What is Wellness? Wellness is a choice Wellness is a way of life Wellness is an integration of body/mind/spirit Wellness is a process… a developing awareness that there is no end point, but that health and happiness are possible in each moment, here and now.

  2. Wellness Video

  3. Wellness is a Continuum Treatment Model Wellness Model Disability/Symptoms/Signs Awareness/Education/Growth Premature Death/Disease Neutral point…no illness High Level Wellness

  4. Physical Fitness • Benefits of Exercise • Positive self-esteem/worth • Help control tension and anxiety • Physically more capable (Strength/Endurance) • Better sleep • More likely to have a positive outlook

  5. Health-Related Components Cardiovascular Endurance Muscular Strength Muscular Endurance Flexibility Body Composition Skill-Related Components Speed Agility Coordination Reaction Time Balance Power Can a person be a good athlete but not be physically fit/healthy?

  6. Health vs. Skill More Changeable More Hereditary More to do w/Daily Life More to do w/Athletics YMCA/NY Sports Clubs PARISI’s/CORE During School After School

  7. Cardiovascular Endurance (CVE) • The efficiency with which the body delivers oxygen and nutrients needed for muscular activity • Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

  8. Muscular Strength (MS) • The greatest amount of force that a muscle or group of muscles can exert in a single effort • Skeletal system and Central nervous system • Applied as lifting max weight once or a few times

  9. Muscular Endurance (ME) • The ability of a muscle or muscle groups to perform repeated movements with sub-maximal force for extended periods of time • Applied as lifting low weights, a lot of times

  10. Flexibilty • The ability to move the joints of the body through an entire, normal range of motion • Skeletal System and Central Nervous System

  11. Body Composition • The percentage between lean muscle mass/connective tissues and body fat

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