N OR T H WE S T E R N U NI V E R S I T Y , I NC

Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

PHYSICAL FITNESS
 Involves the performance of the heart and lungs, and the muscles of the body. And, since
what we do with our bodies also affects what we can do with our minds, fitness influences to
some degree qualities such as mental alertness and emotional stability, activities and
exercise or movements of our body parts, including the objectives where in the aim is to
develop our body to be physically fit. According to ANGELA LUMPKIN a psychologist who
define physical Fitness is not only the physical development but also all the objectives of
physical education will bee develop.

 The ability to an individual to move the parts of the body to aim and develop the objectives of
physical education and to become physically fit.

 Combination of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY and PHYSICAL EXERCISE

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 N OR T H WE S T E R N U NI V E R S I T Y , I NC
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

Physical Activity Physical Exercises

 Refers to all movements
 Movements that we do in our everday life
 Voluntary bodily movement produced by
skeletal muscles that requires energy
expenditure. Physical activity encompasses all
activities, at any intensity, performed during any
time of day or night. It includes both exercise
and incidental activity integrated into daily
routine
Examples:
 Going for a walk, bike, or run.
 Doing household chores.
 Taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
 Playing at the park.
 Raking leaves or shovelling snow.
 subset of physical activity that is planned,
structured, and repetitive and has as a final or an
intermediate objective the improvement or
maintenance of physical fitnes
 movements and activities done to keep your
body healthy or make it stronger. Again, it is
worth taking some brief physical exercise or
doing a relaxation response to get rid of this
tension. 2. a particular set of movements
intended to improve health or make you
stronger.
Examples:
 Lunges
 Pushups
 Drop
 Squats
 Standing overhead dumbbell presse
 Dumbbell rows
 Single-leg deadlifts
 Burpees
 Side planks.

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 N OR T H WE S T E R N U NI V E R S I T Y , I NC
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

COMPONENTS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS

1. HEALTH RELATED COMPONENTS

 Related to ones overall state of health

5 HEALTH RELATED COMPONETS OF FITNESS

Cardio Vascular/Respiratory
Fitness

Muscular Endurance

Muscular Strength

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 N OR T H WE S T E R N U NI V E R S I T Y , I NC
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TYPES OF BODY COMPOSITION:

ECTOMORPH
 Less Fats

MESOMORPH
 the body is like an athlete and strong

ENDOMORPH
 Stored maximum fats

SKILL RELATED COMPONENTS

 movements that are necessary for an individual to successfully demonstrate a

variety of motor skills and movement patterns
 Highly related to successful sports and motor skills performance
 Motor skills/ motor sports

6 SKILL RELATED COMPONENTS

1. Agility - the ability to change direction quickly.

2. Balance - the ability to remain stable even when moving.

3. Coordination - the ability to use vision, touch and muscle sense.

4. Power - simply defined as the ability to release maximum strength.

5. Reaction time - the amount of time it takes to make a physical response once
you see the need to take an action.

6. Speed - the rate at which one covers distance in a short period of time

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MODULE ACCOMPLISHED!! :)
Best,
Ma’am LIZ

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