DIMENSION OF

DEVELOPMENT
Recreation, Physical Fitness,
and Wellness
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER, THE LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO:
1.DEFINE RECREATION, PHYSICAL FITNESS, AND WELLNESS;
2.EXPLAIN HOW WELLNESS CAN BE ACHIEVED; AND
3.INTEGRATE WELLNESS IN MIND AND BODY BY ENGAGING IN
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

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Overview
This chapter discuss recreation, physical fitness, and
wellness. The healthier an individual is, the more he/she
can enjoy life.

RECREATION
Recreation pertains to activities done for
leisure to promote a person’s well-being
and growth. It brings about a sense of
mastery, achievement, exhilaration,
acceptance, satisfaction, success, personal
worth, and pleasure. It enforces a positive
self-image. It is also a means to socialize,
meet people, and gain new friends
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Characteristics of Recreation
1. Involves voluntary choice and
participation of the individual
2. Includes physical activities that are
well organized, date-and time-flexible,
suited to the individual’s needs, and
controlled by the individual in terms of
location, time, clothing and equipment,
and other conditions.
3. Focuses on the individual’s
participation more than on the results.
4. Accessible and available to all
regardless of socio-economic status, age,
sex and disability.
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Physical Fitness
 Proper diet, sufficient rest, and regular exercise
help keep the body healthy. Being physically fit
enables a person to perform tasks successfully with
vigor and alertness and without feeling tired.
 Physical fitness is a measure of the body’s ability
to function efficiently and effectively, resist diseases,
and confront emergency situations. It is important
not only to athletes but also to everyone. It does not
simply mean exercising regularly. It refers to a
person’s overall strength, flexibility, endurance of the
heart, lungs and muscles, and body composition. It
includes nutrition and mental health.
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KEY CONCEPTS ABOUT PHYSICAL FITNESS:
1. When exercising, the lungs take in additional oxygen
which is fuel for the heart and brain.
2. Being fit enables the body to fight off illnesses and
diseases.
3. Exercise helps reduce stress and tension. Strenuous
exercise stimulates the body to release endorphins.
These endorphins produce a happy feeling in people.
4. Exercise strengthens the bones, which makes doing the
daily tasks easier. It helps heal major injuries.
5. Exercise helps a person lose weight. When a person is in
shape, he/she has increased muscle mass. Since muscle
burns more calories than fat, this means a person’s body
uses up more calories and stores less of them as fat.
Lower body fat is also associated with a longer lifespan.
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6. Exercise helps strengthen the heart, lungs
and immune system.
7. Regular exercise reduces the risks of high
blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes,
and some types of cancer.
8. Exercise keeps the mind sharp, even as it
Improves brain function.
9. Being fit does not mean possessing a
muscular build.
10. Regular exercise helps a person sleep
faster, better and longer.

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 Components of Physical Fitness

In its most general meaning, physical

fitness is a state of good physical health.
Physical fitness is to the human body what fine-
tuning is to an engine. It enables people to
perform to their maximum potential and helps
them look and feel good. It affects their state of
mind and influences, to some degree, their
mental alertness and emotional state.

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Physical fitness involves the following components:
1. Cardiovascular endurance – the ability of the body to deliver
oxygen and nutrients to tissues and to remove wastes over
sustained periods of time.
2. Muscular strength and endurance – the ability of the muscle
to exert force for a brief period of time.
3. Muscular endurance – the ability of a muscle or group of
muscles to sustain repeated contractions or continue to apply
force against an inert object.
4. Flexibility – the ability of the body to move joints and use the
muscles’ full range of motion.
5. Body composition – the body in terms of lean mass (muscles,
bones, vital tissues, and organs) and fat mass. The optimal
ratio of fat to lean mass is an indication of fitness. Performing
the right set of exercises can help people get rid of body fat
and increase or maintain muscle mass.
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BENEFITS OF REGULAR ACTIVITIES
1. Exercise helps control weight.
2. Exercise helps control weight.
3. Exercise helps boost energy.
4. Exercise helps enhance learning.

WELLNESS
According to the American Heritage Medical Dictionary, wellness is
“the condition of good physical, mental, and emotional health,
especially when maintained by an appropriate diet, exercise, and
other lifestyle modifications.” It is further defined by the Mosby’s
Medical Dictionary as “a dynamic state of health in which an
individual progresses toward a higher level of functioning,
achieving an optimum balance between internal and external
environments.” Wellness is an expanded idea of health and both
health and wellness are terms that mean the ability to live life fully
with vitality and meaning.
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 SIX DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS
Wellness is a dynamic process of change and growth. Fahey et.al (2001)
give the following dimensions of wellness:

1. Physical wellness – is developed through the

combination of beneficial physical activity/exercise and
healthy eating habits and lifestyle. It builds up muscular
strength and endurance, cardiovascular strength and
endurance, and flexibility.
2. Emotional wellness – is rooted in how you accept and
manage your feelings, understand your limitations,
navigate through stressful situations, and maintain
healthy relationships. This includes the degree to which
you feel positive and enthusiastic about yourself and your
life. It is better to be optimistic than to be pessimistic in
your approach to life.

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3. Intellectual wellness – emanates from one’s creative,
stimulating, growth-oriented activities that lead to
learning new skills and sharing them with others. It
allows you to explore and expand the gifts that are
uniquely yours, bringing a richness to your life and the
lives of those around you.
4. Spiritual wellness – is rooted in the understanding
that humans are spiritual beings. Spirituality is not the
same as religion. Some people can belong to a religion
and not have a very well-developed spirituality.
Spirituality pertains to the ultimate meaning and
purpose of life that each individual needs to find and thus
define a value system to operate within. Spiritual
wellness is achieved as each person’s actions become
more consistent with his/her values and beliefs systems.
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5. Social wellness – involves contributing to one’s
environment and community. It emphasizes the
interdependence between others and nature and
an awareness of your importance in society as well
as you impact on multiple environments. It is
better to contribute to the common welfare of the
community than to think only of yourself. It is
better to live in harmony with others and your
environment than to live in conflict with them.
6. Environmental wellness – encompasses how
you care for the environment, create environments
that are free from violence and the threat of
violence, and live in an environment that is safe for
you physically and emotionally.
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Behaviors that Contribute to
Wellness
 The lifestyle of an individual is a personal
choice that influences the quality of life. A
healthy lifestyle helps avoid diseases and
hence keep you strong and fit. The most
important behaviors and habits that
contribute to a healthy lifestyle are the
following:

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1. Be physically active. The human body is
designed to work best when it is active. When
you care more for your body, bones, heart,
and lungs, the stronger and more fit they
become.
2. Choose a healthy diet. A healthy diet
promotes wellness and provides necessary
nutrients and sufficient energy. A common
person’s daily food intake is usually too high
in calories, unhealthy fats, and added sugars,
and too low in fiber, complex carbohydrates,
fruits, and vegetables.
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3. Maintain a healthy body weight. A healthy body weight is
an important part of wellness. Keep in mind, however, that short-
term dieting is not part of fitness or wellness. Maintaining a healthy
body weight requires a lifelong commitment to regular exercise,
healthy diet, and effective stress management.

4. Manage stress effectively. Many people cope with stress by

eating, drinking, or smoking too much. Others do not deal with it at
all. In the short-term, inappropriate stress management can lead to
fatigue, sleep disturbances, and other unpleasant symptoms. Over
longer periods of time, poor management of stress can lead to less
efficient functioning of the immune system and increased
susceptibility to disease. There are effective ways to handle stress
and they should form an important part of a healthy lifestyle.

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5. Prevent drug abuse through the following means:
a. Maintain good physical and mental health
b. Use drugs as directed by the physician. Most drugs are
beneficial when used under medical advice or supervision.
c. Understand, accept, ad respect your individual capacity or
ability.
d. Develop your potential. Engage in wholesome, productive and
fulfilling activities.
e. Learn to relate effectively to those who can communicate their
problems freely.
f. Learn to cope with problems and other stresses without
resorting to drug abuse.
g. Seek professional help if you feel that you cannot cope with
the problems that you encounter.
h. Develop strong moral and spiritual foundation.

6. Protect yourself from disease and injury through lifestyle

modification and management.
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THANK YOU!!!!!!

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