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Introduction to Physical Best: Benefits of Regular Physical Activity

Learn about the benefits of regular physical activity, including increased strength and endurance, healthy bones and muscles, weight control, reduced anxiety and stress, increased self-esteem, and improved blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Understand the important terminology related to health-related fitness and skill-related fitness. Discover the mission and unique aspects of the Physical Best program, as well as related resources and certification opportunities.

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Introduction to Physical Best: Benefits of Regular Physical Activity

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  1. Introduction to Physical Best chapter 1 Suzan F. Ayers and Mary Jo Sariscsany

  2. Benefits of Regular Physical Activity • Increase strength and endurance • Build healthy bones and muscles • Control weight • Reduce anxiety and stress • Increase self-esteem • Improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels

  3. Important Terminology:Health-Related Fitness • A measure of a person’s ability to perform physical activities that require endurance, strength, or flexibility • Achieved through a combination of regular exercise and inherent ability (continued)

  4. Important Terminology:Health-Related Fitness (continued) • Components: • Aerobic fitness • Body composition • Flexibility • Muscular endurance • Muscular strength

  5. Important Terminology:Skill-Related Fitness • Often goes hand-in-hand with certain physical activities • Is necessary to accomplish or enhance a skill or task (continued)

  6. Important Terminology:Skill-Related Fitness (continued) • Components: • Agility • Balance • Coordination • Power • Reaction time • Speed

  7. Important Terminology:Physical Activity • Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in expenditure of energy • Includes a broad range of occupational, leisure time, and routine daily activities ranging from manual labor to gardening, walking, and household chores

  8. Important Terminology: Exercise • Physical activity of a repetitive nature • Planned and structured to improve or maintain health-related fitness components

  9. Physical Best Mission • To foster healthier youth by providing quality resources and professional development for educators. • The program emphasizes teaching health-related fitness concepts and attitudes through activity, in a manner that includes all children, is enjoyable, and promotes a physically active lifestyle.

  10. Unique Aspects of Physical Best • Comprehensive conceptual framework • Active participation • Individualized activities • Tools for lifelong activity • Health-related physical activity • Adherence to standards

  11. Related Resources • Fitnessgram • Comprehensive health-related fitness and activity assessment and computerized reporting system • Based on a belief that extremely high levels of physical fitness, while admirable, are not necessary to accomplish objectives associated with good health and improved function • Published by and available through Human Kinetics, as are the materials for the Brockport Physical Fitness Test, a health-related fitness assessment for students with disabilities (continued)

  12. Related Resources (continued) • Fitness for Life • A complete set of resources for teaching a lifetime fitness and wellness course at the elementary and secondary levels • Compatible with the Physical Best program in philosophy, having the goal of lifelong physical activity habits (continued)

  13. Related Resources (continued) • Moving Into the Future: Standards for Physical Education, 2nd Edition. • Beyond Activities: Learning Experiences to Support the National Physical Education Standards • Appropriate Practices Documents (Elementary, Middle School, and High School) • Physical Activity for Children: A Statement of Guidelines for Children Ages 5–12 • Assessment series (relating to fitness and heart rate) • Advocacy publications and brochures • K–12 publications relating to conceptual learning and school-based wellness centers

  14. Physical Best Certification • Attend a one-day Physical Best Health Fitness Specialist Workshop, or • Complete a college- or university-based semester-long course including Physical Best content. (continued)

  15. Physical Best Certification (continued) • Read the accompanying textbook Physical Education for Lifelong Fitness: The Physical Best Teacher’s Guide, Third Edition, the latest versions of Fitnessgram/Activitygram Test Administration Manual and Physical Best Activity Guides, Elementary Level or Middle and High School Levels. • Using the required resources, complete an online, open-book examination. Successful completion of the examination will result in certification.

  16. Summary • Physical Best • Complements and supports existing physical education programs • Bases its philosophy and materials on current research and expert, field-tested input • Offers national certification as a Physical Best Health-Fitness Specialist • Focuses on the positive (such as student strengths and enjoyable activities) • Emphasizes individualizing instruction so that all students may benefit and succeed • Enhances the likelihood that students will pursue healthy, physically active lifestyles after they leave quality physical education programs and move into adulthood

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