LESSON 2

PHYSICAL FITNESS
Prepared by: Ms. Stephanie Hooben
Covered Today
A brief outline

Physical Education
Physical Fitness
Categories of Physical fitness
Health Benefits of Physical Fitness

28% OF
WORLD
POPULATION

Physical inactivity has been considered a global

pandemic since 2012 and it is estimated that 28%
of the world population (1.4 billion people) remain
physically inactive.

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-10470-z


The COVID-19 pandemic has a negative

impact on physical activity. Those who
reduced their level of physical activity had
the highest levels of mood disorders.

PHYSICAL
PANDEMIC
 Physical Pandemic
in the Philippines
as of April 12, 2021

50%

48% Low

39% 45% satisfaction for

lack of home workouts
35% lack of a lack of gym motivation include lack of
motivating amenities or laziness gym
lack of social
atmosphere equipment
interaction
Introduction
Physical Activity

Is defined as any movement that spend

energy. Exercise is a subset of physical
activity that is structured and planned.

Physical Education

is a phase of general education concerned

with the contributory factors to physical,
mental, emotional, social welfare of the
individual.
Physical Fitness
is defined as "a physical state of
well being that allows people to
perform daily tasks or activities
with vigor, reduce the risk of
health problems related to lack of
exercise and establishes a fitness
base for participation in variety of
physical activities."

(American Association of Health, Physical Education,

Recreation and Dance-AAPHPERD)
Physical Fitness
refers to the ability to perform
daily tasks vigorously and alertly,
with energy reserved for enjoying
leisure time activities and
meeting emergency demands.
What are the categories of
physical health?

 HEALTH-RELATED

CATEGORIES
OF PHYSICAL
FITNESS

SKILL-RELATED
HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL
FITNESS
Relates to good health.
 HEALTH-RELATED
COMPONENTS

BODY CARDIOVASCULAR FLEXIBILITY

COMPOSITION FITNESS
refers to the range of
related to abilty of the motion available at joints
pertains to the relative
circulatory and respiratory
amounts of muscle, fat,
systems to supply oxygen
bone and other vital during sustained physical
parts of the body. activity
HEALTH-RELATED
COMPONENTS

MUSCULAR MUSCULAR
STRENGTH ENDURANCE
relates to muscle ability to
refers to the ability of
continue to perform
the muscle to exert
without fatigue.
force
SKILL-RELATED PHYSICAL
FITNESS
Relates to good health.
 AGILITY

Skill-related Ability to rapidly change the position of the entire

body in space with speed and accuracy

Components BALANCE
pertains to the maintenance of equilibrium while
stationary or moving.

COORDINATION
refers to the ability to use the senses as sight and hearing,
together with other body parts in performing motor tasks
smoothly and accurately

POWER
refers to the rate at which one can perform work.

SPEED
refers to the ability to perform a movement within a short
period of time.

REACTION TIME
refers to the time elapsed between stimulation and
beginning of the reaction to it.


Increasing fitness helps a

Increasing fitness
person think better even
improves energy when stressed.

Increasing fitness Increasing fitness

HEALTH improves muscles and

bones
improves heart and
lungs

BENEFITS OF
PHYSICAL

FITNESS Increasing fitness

improves your looks
 Be Inspired

‘THE CLOCK IS TICKING. ARE YOU

BECOMING THE PERSON YOU
WANT TO BE?’

— GREG PLITT
fitness model
REFERENCE
https://open.oregonstate.education/aandp/chapter/9-5-types-of-body-movements/
Dimapilis N., Espeso L., Isip M., Muli M.(2009).Physical Education 1:Physical Fitness and
Gymnastics. Books Atbp. Publishing Corp.