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Healthy & Active Living: Benefits of Exercise & Aesthetic Appreciation

Learn the benefits of exercise for physical, mental, and social well-being. Understand how physical activities reduce stress and tension. Explore aesthetic appreciation. Embrace a healthy lifestyle through physical activity, a balanced diet, nurturing friendships, and positive thinking. Evaluate your health status and determine areas for improvement. Discover the physical benefits of exercise in improving body shape, cardiovascular health, and mental well-being. Engage in sports for social connections, confidence, and personal growth. Enhance your understanding of aesthetic appreciation in activities like gymnastics. Take control of your health and well-being through active living.

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Healthy & Active Living: Benefits of Exercise & Aesthetic Appreciation

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  1. 1.1.1. Healthy active lifestyles Learning Objectives To understand the physical, mental and social benefits of exercise. To be able to explain how physical activities relieve stress and tension. To understand the concept of aesthetic appreciation

  2. Living a healthy and active lifestyle involves..... • taking part in physical activity (20mins x 3 a week) • balanced diet • sustaining friendships • Avoiding harmful substances • Having the ability to concentrate • *TASK*- Using your booklet rate yourself by filling in the percentages out of 10 for each aspect of a healthy active lifestyle. Do you think you are HEALTHY? What could you do/change to improve your health?

  3. What is health? Health is defined as… …a state of complete mental, physical and social well-being. So a healthy person is: • physically well - Your heart, lungs and other body systems are working properly. • mentally well - You are able to cope with stress and control your emotions. You feel positive about your self. • socially happy - You have friendship and support. You feel as though you have a value to society. • free from disease. ARE YOU HEALTHY?

  4. Social Mental Benefits of exercise Physical

  5. *TASK 1* Can you suggest reasons why people would take part in physical activity and put them into one of the categories? *TASK 2*- Discuss with the person next to you why YOU take part in sport- is it PHYSICAL, SOCIAL OR MENTAL or a mix of all?

  6. Social Benefits Sport can help you to develop friendships and improve your confidence, communication and teamwork. Participating in sport is a good way of meeting people and making new friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAFnCxtBG4--Best Team celebration

  7. Helps to develop social skills & develop friendships Sports teams and clubs are a great place to make friends - team mates, opponents and other club members.

  8. Improves teamwork skills as well as developing communication and leadership qualities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wUd1ar2p7c- Becoming a sports leader

  9. Provides competition or a challenge This might be against opposition or for a personal target.

  10. Improves Self Worth ‘Respect for or a favourable opinion of oneself’

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  12. Physical Benefits

  13. Improves body shape Exercise can change your body shape/ make you look better and increase muscle tone and Posture Although this can go to the extreme… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5eh17D7DZ4

  14. Cardiovascular Improvements Regular training will improve the efficiency of the heart and lungs

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  16. Lose Weight Exercise will burn up stored fat. Can increase life expectancy Research has shown a greater life expectancy for those who participate in regular physical activity.

  17. Mental Benefits Exercise also improves your mental well-being. It helps you feel good about yourself and can help you to cope with stressful situations. Exercise can provide a welcome break from work or study, helping you to put aside worries and problems.

  18. Provides a boost in confidence. Exercise will increase an individual’s ‘feel good factor’ and result in them feeling positive about themselves.

  19. Provides a physical challenge

  20. Sports can be enjoyable/fun

  21. Can relieve stress and tension from work

  22. Playing sport can be exciting and rewarding. Develops a sense of ‘belonging’ to something (i.e. a rugby team) Exercise can provide n opportunity for success

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  24. How does physical activity relieve stress and tension? Serotonin: This hormone controls sleep, appetite and mood. Exercise increases levels of SEROTONIN in the body. EXAM TIME

  25. How does physical activity relieve stress and tension? Provides opportunities for reflection or introspection: It is a chance to recharge energy levels and provides a time for reflection. Decreases boredom Sport is simulating and exciting.

  26. How does physical activity relieve stress and tension? Anger management Exercise provides a socially acceptable way to release anger.

  27. Aesthetic Appreciation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lazVphE-Zs8- the best gymnastics routines ever This is understanding/appreciation for the beauty of certain activities i.e. Trampolining. i.e. straight legs, pointed toes

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