Presentation Package for

Concepts of Fitness and Wellness 6e

Section IV: Concept 14:
Performance Benefits of
Physical Activity
 Facts about Fitness and
Sports Performance

 High-level performance is not needed for

health or enjoyment from activity
 High-level performance in sports requires
more rigorous training than is needed for
health
 High-level performance is more dependent
on good genetics than health but requires
both health- and skill-related fitness

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 Relationship Between
Fitness and Performance

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 Dimensions of HRF
(Health-Related Fitness)

 Cardiovascular
fitness
 Muscular endurance
 Muscular strength
 Flexibility
 Body composition

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 Dimensions of SRF
(Skill-Related Fitness)

 Agility
 Balance
 Coordination
 Speed
 Power
 Reaction time

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 SRF and Skill Learning

 Good SRF improves

ability to learn skills
 Good SRF does NOT
ensure good skills

Practice is needed
to learn skills.
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 Practice and Skill Learning

 Soccer players most

likely possess good
agility and
coordination, but
skills in dribbling and
kicking come only
through extensive
practice!
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 Skill Learning Guidelines
 Learn the gross
concept first
 Learn technique
correctly
 Overlearn the skill
(repetition)
 Use mental practice

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 Benefits of SRF

 Helps you stay active

 Improves work efficiency
 Helps in emergencies
 Helps in learning new activities

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 Lab 14a
information

Measuring SRF

 Helps determine strengths

 Helps you choose activities

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 Types of Performance
Training

 Muscle Fitness
 Aerobic and Anaerobic
 Power Information on muscle
 Flexibility fitness and aerobic/anaerobic
training are covered in
 Skill subsequent slides

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 Resistance Training
Sports

 Olympic weight lifting

 Power lifting
 Body building

See “On the Web”14 for information on power

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lifting and body building
 Techniques for
Gaining Muscle
 Muscle mass is increased in
response to regular weight training
 Metabolism is most effective at
building muscle mass when smaller
more frequent meals are consumed.
– smaller more frequent meals are
recommended for building muscle

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 Myths about Gaining Muscle

 Supplements (e.g. creatine monohydrate)

– Do not act independently to increase muscle size. They
work by allowing an individual to do more total work
during training (greater training stimulus to muscles).
 High protein diets
– Body has no storage form for protein
– Extra protein does not stimulate protein synthesis

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 Types of Aerobic Training
 Long Slow Distance
– builds base
 Interval Training
– builds peak anaerobic
capacity
– Increases VO2 max
 Threshold Training
– improves ability to maintain
race pace for continuous
length of time
See “On the Web” 14 for more information on
aerobic training (click 1 and 2)
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 Sport Specific Training

 For triathletes
to be
successful in
swimming,
they need to
practice
swimming in
“open” water.
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 See more info
about lab tests
Laboratory Testing
of Aerobic Athletes

 Laboratory tests
can reveal more
specific
information about
training
adaptations
 Results can be In this test, heart rate, and
oxygen consumption are
useful to help sampled during exercise
athletes optimize
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 General Issues Regarding
Performance Training

 Overtraining syndrome / staleness

 Periodization and Tapering
 Sports Nutrition

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 Overtraining Syndrome

 If athletes push themselves too hard

during training (without sufficient
rest) they can get “overtraining
syndrome”
 Symptoms:
– fatigue
– poor or irregular heart rate
– high resting heart rate (relative to normal)
– irritability
 Treatment: REST
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 Periodization of Training

Elite athletes use cyclical training schedules to alternate the stress on

their bodies and allow their bodies to adapt and prepare for competition
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 Sports Nutrition

 Need more calories

 Increase complex carbohydrates
 Increased protein needs
(easily met by eating more calories)
 Get RDA of vitamins and minerals
 Eat familiar foods

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 Web Resources

Online Learning Center

“On the Web” pages for Concept

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Supplemental Graphics

Lab Information

Additional Graphics
and Training
Information
 Return to
Lab 14a Information
presentation Evaluating Skill Related Fitness

 Perform the various skill-related

fitness stunts
 Evaluate your performance using the
corresponding rating scales
 Discuss your particular strengths
and weaknesses and how it might
relate to your abilities in different
sports.
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 Sample Results of
Return to
presentation Laboratory Testing

Based on Van Handel, 1986

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