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Benefits of Physical Activity

Benefits of Physical Activity. What is Fitness?. Fitness means being fit. What does it mean to be fit? Having energy for the whole day Being able to deal with stress Having self-confidence Maintaining healthy weight. Identify definitions of being fit:. Lazy teens need to be active teens

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Benefits of Physical Activity

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  1. Benefits of Physical Activity www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  2. What is Fitness? Fitness means being fit. What does it mean to be fit? • Having energy for the whole day • Being able to deal with stress • Having self-confidence • Maintaining healthy weight www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  3. Identify definitions of being fit: • Lazy teens • need to be active teens • Self-confidence • yes, you will succeed • Energy • means being fit • Overweight • needs to get fit www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  4. Physical Benefits of Exercise • Strong muscles • Strong coordination • Healthy heart and lungs • Healthy weight www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  5. Identify Physical Benefits: • Strong muscles • excellent physical benefit • Weak muscles • benefit of not exercising • Healthy heart • important physical benefit • Unhealthy lungs • benefit of not exercising www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  6. Mental benefits • Exercise makes you feel energetic • It relieves stress • It gives you self-confidence www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  7. Identify Mental Benefits: • It relieves stress • important mental benefit • It gives you self-confidence • important mental benefit • It gives you the feeling of tiredness • false mental benefit www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  8. Social Benefits • Exercise allows you to meet new people • Friends encourage you • Friends motivate www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  9. Identify Social Benefits: • Motivation • very helpful social benefit • New friends • exciting social benefit • “You can’t do it!” • negative and false social benefit www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  10. Develop Muscle Strength Strength means being physically strong To develop strength, you pull or push against force Example: - Lifting weights www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  11. Develop Endurance Endurance means that your muscles can work for a long period of time without getting tired To build endurance you must exercise several times a week for 30 minutes Example: • Aerobic exercise • Running www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  12. Develop Flexibility Flexibility is the ability to move your joint through full range of motion Stretching exercises will develop flexibility Examples: - Yoga www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  13. Strength and Endurance What will lifting weights will improve? - Muscle strength What will swimming improve for your body? - Muscle endurance www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

  14. Flexibility – Feel and Look Good What will yoga improve for your body? • Flexibility If you will exercise on the regular basis, how will you feel and look? -Feel energetic and look good www.health-lesson-plans-teacher.com

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