STAGE 1 INTEGRATED LEARNING

Assessment Type 3: Personal Venture (20%)

Part A

Physical activity is any energy requiring movement produces by skeletal muscles. The suggested daily
physical activity tasks by the Australian government for an adolescent 5 to 17 years old is 60 minutes
of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity every day. It is suggested that at least 3 days per
week are focused on exercises that can strengthen the muscles and bones. Another method of
tracking the recommended amount daily physical activity is 10,000 steps. 10,000 steps is a world
known and used the measurement of daily activity that can be monitored by most smartwatches
such as a Garmin or Fitbit devises. Commented [mf1]: Great research and information,
relevant to youth participation in physical education
In today's society, there are many factors that are affecting the levels of daily Physical Activity that
people partake in. Some of these factors include sedentary lifestyles, gaming and lack of Commented [mf2]: Add Comma After Lifestyles
involvement in sport. A sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle that includes little to no physical Commented [mf3]: A Sedentary Lifestyle rather than
activity, spending a lot of time engaged in technology such as phones, television, and Xbox/Play Sedentary lifestyle’s
Station games. With the improvements to technology and the increasing popularity of technologies,
living a sedentary lifestyle is one of the most common factors that impact the physical activity in
youths (MNN, 2018). Another factor that effects physical activity involvement in youths is the lack of Commented [mf4]: Living a sedentary lifestyle instead of
time and participation in organised sporting groups. The youth age group can be overwhelmed with sedentary lifestyle
other commitments such as work, and school and can drift from friendship groups within the sport
causing them to leave the sport. Injury can also prevent youth from participating in sport as they
may not be able to engage in their chosen sport and sometimes may not choose to try other sports
that they can participate in, as they may not have the same friendship groups (Department of
Health, 2018).

By youths not participating in physical

activity, it can lead to major health
problems short term and long term.
Recent data on physical activity in
children and adolescents is the ABS
2011–12 Australian Health Survey. In
2011–12, concluded that around 3 in
10 (29%) children (aged 5–11) and
less than 1 in 10 (8.2%) adolescents
(aged 12–17) met the recommended
amount of physical activity every day.
Toddlers and pre-schoolers (aged 2–
4) spent an average of around 6 hours
per day engaged in physical
activity (AIHW, 2018). Lack of physical
activity can cause obesity, high blood Figure 1: Proportion of overweight or obese children from 2-17
pressure, stiff and sore joints, strokes,
type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular problems. These health problems caused by a lack of physical
activity can lead to a poor quality in life and death. In the year 2014-15, 1.2 million Australian
children and young people aged 2-17 years were overweight or obese which is caused by a lack of
physical activity that can lead to multiple hazards health problems (NCCI, 2018). Physical activity is
shown to help anxiety, improve mood and fight depression. It promotes the release of a mood-lifting
brain chemical called serotonin and the release of endorphins, natural feel-good painkilling
substances. Therefore by not participating in physical activity, it can increase the chance of
developing depression and other mental health problems (Physical activity, 2018). Commented [mf5]: Great analysis of students emotional
health relating to physical activity, could possibly include
To help increase the involvement of physical activity in youth it helps to be included in social sports, more on how this can enhance student engagement and
achievement in education
and by participating in exercise that you enjoy, basic walking and running to build up fitness, fitness
games, gradually building up fitness levels with difficulty and how long your exercising for and by
participating in group exercises (e.g. school PE class), and by making a scheduled fitness program.

Part B

Through the investigation part A I discovered that the suggested daily requirement of exercise is 60
minutes a day. I believe I meet the physical activity daily requirements. This is because my week
consists of several different types of training at different intensity's. On Mondays I only participate in
a 1hr 15minutes of exercise, Wednesdays and Saturdays train for roughly 2hrs, Tuesdays and
Thursdays I do roughly 3hrs of exercise, on Fridays I do roughly 4hrs of training, and on Sundays I
rest although I work on Saturdays and Sundays and walk while working, therefore I need to take this
into account when eating e.g. making portion sizes to make sure I am getting enough fuel for my
body and not overeating on days where I exercise less. I believe that I meet the requirement for Commented [mf6]: Like this added inclusion on the
exercise because I have always been involved in the surf club and have made friends with people importance of nutrition
who have the same schedule as me and therefore encourage me to come to training. I also
encourage myself by setting goals for Aussies and states, for example, dropping my 400m free time Commented [mf7]: Add comma to break up sentence
and having a successful pre-season. I enjoy doing exercise because I like to feel like I have
accomplished something and that it is good for me. Doing exercise helps improve my mental and
physical health. By doing exercise it releases endorphins and adrenaline, which are both really Commented [mf8]: ‘By doing exercise it releases’ rather
beneficial for my mental health. There are obvious physical benefits to participating in physical that doing exercise releases
activity such as decrease chance in obesity but it also is beneficial for my asthma and also hereditary
disease that runs in my family such heart disease.

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

5am-
Swimming Swimming Swimming
7am
7:30am- Gold
9am training
4:30pm-
Running Running
5:15pm
5:30pm- Cross
Boards Skis Skis Gym Commented [mf9]: Excellent addition to assignment,
6:45pm training demonstrates your understanding of meeting physical
activity requirements each day
References
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 2018. Risk factors to health, Insufficient physical activity -
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. [ONLINE] Available at
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/biomedical-risk-factors/risk-factors-to-
health/contents/insufficient-physical-activity.

.Department of Health | Australia's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines.

2018. Department of Health | Australia's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines.
[ONLINE] Available at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/health-
pubhlth-strateg-phys-act-guidelines#apa512.

MNN - Mother Nature Network. 2018. A sedentary lifestyle can harm you, even if you exercise |
MNN - Mother Nature Network. [ONLINE] Available at https://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-
being/stories/a-sedentary-lifestyle-can-harm-you-even-if-you-exercise.

National Cancer Control Indicators. 2018. Overweight and obesity - children and young people |
National Cancer Control Indicators. [ONLINE] Available at
https://ncci.canceraustralia.gov.au/prevention/overweight-and-obesity/overweight-and-obesity-
children-and-young-people

Physical activity benefits to your body - myDr.com.au. 2018. Physical activity benefits to your body -
myDr.com.au. [ONLINE] Available at http://www.mydr.com.au/sports-fitness/physical-activity-
benefits-to-your-body.