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Understanding Leisure and Recreation Benefits

This document discusses leisure, recreation, and fitness activities. It defines leisure as free time not spent on work or basic tasks. Recreation is defined as leisure activities people enjoy that have social value. Play is described as imaginative and freely chosen. The document then discusses the benefits of recreational activities like enhancing growth, reducing stress, and encouraging well-being. It provides examples of fitness activities like listening to heart rate during exercise, yoga poses and the benefits of yoga.

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Understanding Leisure and Recreation Benefits

This document discusses leisure, recreation, and fitness activities. It defines leisure as free time not spent on work or basic tasks. Recreation is defined as leisure activities people enjoy that have social value. Play is described as imaginative and freely chosen. The document then discusses the benefits of recreational activities like enhancing growth, reducing stress, and encouraging well-being. It provides examples of fitness activities like listening to heart rate during exercise, yoga poses and the benefits of yoga.

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ACTIVE

RECREATI
ON
FITNESS
What is LEISURE as TIME?

–is time free from obligations,


work, (paid and unpaid), and
tasks required for existing
(sleeping, eating)
What is LEISURE as ACTIVITY?

– Leisure is a set of activities that people


engage in during free time – activities
that are not work-oriented orthat do
not involve life maintenance tasks
such as housecleaning or sleeping.
What is PLAY?
– Play is an imaginative,
intrinsically motivated, non-
serious, freely chosen, and
actively engaging activity
What is RECREATION?

– Recreation is an activitythat people


engagein during theirfree time, that people
enjoy, and that people recognize as having
socially redeeming values and generates a
general sense of well being.
Benefits of Recreational
Activities:
– enhances personal growth
– helps tobuild self-esteem and confidence
– reduces tension and anxiety
– encourages spiritual renewal and personal
growth
–increases mental relaxation
–generates a general sense of well being
–teaches positive conflict resolution skills
–provides alternativesto self-destructive
behaviors
ACTIVITY 1: Listen to Your Heart!

– This activity will help the students monitor their heart rate when doing vigorous physical
activity or workout.
– I. Objective: To determine your resting heart rate and the highest rate one’s heart is capable
of attaining.
– II. Materials:
– • pen
– • stopwatch
– • calculator
RESTING HEART RATE
– To get your resting heart rate or (RHR)
– Purpose: To set the base or standard for evaluation purposes
Directions: The best time to get it is when you wake up in the
morning. Locate your radial, temporal, femoral (groin), or
carotid artery with your index and middle finger. Take the
rate within 6 seconds and multiply this by 10 to complete the 1
minute requirement.
MAXIMUM HEART RATE

– To get your maximumheart rate (MHR)


Purpose: To determine the highest rate your heart
is capable of attaining Directions: Subtract your
age from 220. Example: If you are 16 years old,
your maximumheart rate is (220-16) = 204 bpm
TARGET HEART RATE
Purpose: To determine your aerobic intensity according to a
straight percentage of your maximum heart rate, usually
within 60 to 90
Directions: Get the maximum heart rate. Multiply it by 60%
(0.60) to get the lower limit. Multiply by 90% (0.90) to
get the upper limit. Record your target heartrate zone
YOGA
– The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word Yoga is
'Yoke'. Yoga can therefore be defined as a means
of uniting the individual spirit with the universal
spirit of God. According to Maharishi Patanjali,
Yoga is the suppression of modifications of the
mind.
Benefits of Yoga Exercise
– 1. It increases respiratory efficiency.
– 2. It improves posture and balance.
– 3. It increases one’s endurance and energy.
– 4. It improves one’s memory, concentration, mood and self-actualization.
– 5. It decreases anxiety and depression.
– 6. It is relaxing. It has slow dynamic and static movements.
– 7. It has a low risk of injuring the muscles and the ligaments.
– 8. It increases one’s flexibilityand is goodfor muscle toning.
– 9. It is the best way to build core strength.
– 10. It tests mental endurance and physical stamina.
– 11. It is a goodformof meditation
TREE POSE
WARRIOR POSE 1
WARRIOR POSE 2
EXTENDED SIDE
ANGLE POSE
DOWNWARD
FACING DOG
PLANK
COBRA POSE
CHILD’S POSE

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