Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Taking Charge: Choosing a Good Activity

1. Chapter 4: How Much Is Enough? Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough?Taking Charge: Choosing a Good Activity

2. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Lesson Objectives: • Discuss fitness ratings and how they apply to your physical activity program. • Identify factors that contribute to fitness. • Describe several factors to consider when creating a personal physical activity program.

3. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question What is a criterion-referenced health standard?

4. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer • Criterion-referenced health standard is a term used to describe the level of fitness needed to be classified as healthy and well. • If you meet these standards you will • have a lower risk of health problems. • achieve wellness benefits. • work effectively and meet emergencies. • be able to enjoy your free time.

5. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question What are the problems with comparing your fitness levels with those of somebody else?

6. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer • It does not matter how fit someone else is. • If you have a high level of fitness • you will improve your sports performance. • you will keep healthy.

7. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question Why does your level of fitness relate to your health?

8. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer If you are fit (higher aerobic fitness, greater muscular strength and endurance): • You will have fewer health problems. • You will be able to do outdoor activities.

9. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question Results you achieve on a fitness test can place you into one of four categories. What are the four categories of fitness?

10. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer There are four categories of fitness: • High performance • Good fitness • Marginal fitness • Low fitness

11. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question What types of people would appear in each category of fitness?

12. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer • Athletes—high performance category • Teenagers—if active, would appear in the good fitness category • Older people or those who are inactive would appear in the low fitness category

13. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question Being physically active can improve your physical fitness. What other factors influence how fit you are?

14. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer Things that affect your physical fitness, other than physical activity, are • maturation, • age, • heredity, and • environment.

15. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question What is meant by the term maturation?

16. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer Maturation is a term used to describe the process of becoming a fully grown and developed adult.

17. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question How does maturation affect fitness levels?

18. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer • In the early teens, the body produces more hormones that promote growth and development of such tissues as muscle and bone. • Some people mature earlier than others. • Early developers often do better on physical fitness tests than those who mature later.

19. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question How does age affect fitness levels?

20. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer Age affects fitness levels in the following ways: • Older teens perform better on fitness tests than younger teens. • However, some younger people mature earlier than their peers. • People who mature early have an advantage on physical fitness tests.

21. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer (continued) • Active teens perform better on fitness tests than children. • As adults age, fitness performance starts to decline. • In the fourth or fifth decade of life, fitness levels start to decline.

22. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question How does heredity affect fitness levels?

23. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer • Heredity determines the physical characteristics we inherit from our parents. • Our heredity contributes to physical fitness. • For example, some people have more of the muscle fibers that help them run fast.

24. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question How does the environment affect levels of fitness?

25. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer The following environmental factors can affect your fitness levels: • Where you live (city, suburbs, country) • Your school • Availability of places to exercise • The social environment (what your family and friends do) I

26. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Question Which factors should you consider when selecting the kinds of physical activity to do?

27. Lesson 4.2: How Much Fitness Is Enough? Answer When considering what kinds of physical activity to do • consider your physical fitness. • consider your interests. • consider the benefits of the activity. • consider activities you can do with others. • practice, practice, practice.

28. Taking Charge: Choosing a Good Activity Read about Kim Lea and Norma in the Taking Charge section of chapter 4 (page 70). • Why was it no longer feasible for Norma to continue participating in the same sports she played in high school? • What might help her get involved in a physical activity again?

29. Taking Charge: Choosing a Good Activity • Why do you think Kim Lea started to participate in activities? • Fill out the questionnaire to find out what factors determine the popularity of an activity.