The term “fitness” refers to the ability

 to withstand stress
 to perform daily tasks vigorously,
 to enjoy leisure time activities and
 to effectively meet emergency
demands.

Fitness is also the state of a body that can

work at its best.
 Ideas:
1. Many adults and many children lead a
relatively
sedentary lifestyle.
2. Excessive inactivity is detrimental to
our health and it can contribute to a lot
of preventable causes of death.
3. Lack of exercise causes muscle
atrophy and increases susceptibility to
physical injury.
4. Physically fit people can work or play
harder and with less effort than people who
are not fit.
Benefits:
Our body needs exercise to stay healthy.

Proper Physical activity

 reduces the risk mortality in general

 can improve the health of the organs
that help us breathe.
  can strengthen our heart
 make our blood flow better
 gives our body strength.
 makes our body flexible or able to
bend and stretch easily.
 builds up our endurance
(that is, the ability of our body to work for a
long time without tiring.)
 influences a person’s mental
emotional stability.
 Reduces stress, tension, anxiety
depression
 slows down the aging process.
 Can boost our self-image and self-
esteem.

Exercises:
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Enhance
Increase
Develop
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Give
Makes our body
strengthen
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Influence

Topic Vocabulary
 disease
 detrimental to our health
 susceptibility to physical injury

 heart disease

 obesity
 to stay healthy
 to bend and stretch
 moderate amounts of physical activity
 self-esteem
 anxiety
 slowing down the aging process