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1 Meaning and Importance of Physical Fitness, Wellness and Lifestyle

3.2 Components of Physical Fitness and Wellness
3.3 Components of Heath Related Fitness
3.1 Meaning and Importance of physical fitness, wellness and lifestyle
Physical fitness: Physical fitness means the capacity to do the routine work
without any fatigue or exertion and after doing the work the person has power to
do some more work and recovery is quicker.
Wellness: Wellness is the capacity of an individual by which he leads a balanced
life.
Lifestyle: A way of life of style of living that reflects the attitude and values of
a person of group Importance of Physical fitness, wellness and lifestyle

Importance of Physical Fitness

1. To live a long and healthy life: A physically fit person not only lives a
healthy life but also a longer life.
2. To increase the energy, power and capacity of the body: A physically
fit person can do his routine work without undue fatigue. The strength
and capacity are increased because of internal energy due to which he can
perform extra curricular task after finishing the routine work. For e.g..-
entertainment, aerobics, dance, gardening, etc.
3. To reduce the Probability of getting a disease: Due to the physical
fitness, important parts of the body, such as heart, lungs and brain remain
strong and there is a less probability of getting disease because of the
continuous activity of these parts.
4. For strong and active muscular and skeletal system: Due to the
physical fitness, a person can do any physical activity with ease, posture is
maintained, muscles and bones stay strong, joints and muscles have
flexibility and body posture looks toned and attractive.
5. To increase the memory and recall capacity of mind: Physical fitness
also affects the mind of a person. A physically fit person has higher recall
capacity and memory.
6. To improve mental health: Physical fitness improves mental health as
well. It leads to increase in self confidence and positive body image.
7. To get rid of excess fat: Due to the physical fitness, a person is always
active. Due to this activeness, the fat in the body continuously get
converted into energy which does not allow the fat to accumulate in the
body.
 8. To live a happy life: Physical fitness is also necessary for enjoyment
and happiness of mind. A fit person remains happy and joyful which
increases his self-confidence and positive body image.

Importance of Wellness
1. To live a high-quality life: Wellness increases the quality of life of a
person. A capable and healthy person can experience more enjoyment by
participating in games and sports and working with other people.
2. To achieve the maximum growth and development: Wellness is helpful
in growth and development of a person. The growth and development of
a healthy person can happen easily without any diseases.
4. To be a good citizen: A capable person knows how to balance his rights
and duties because of which he can become a good citizen of the
country.
5. To live a stress-free life: If a person is physically and mentally fit. then
the negative thoughts like stress, tension and anxiety cannot affect him.
If the negative thoughts come, then he can manage these emotions very
well. These people arc capable of living a balanced life.
6. To enjoy the life: A capable person has the full knowledge of his
physical, mental, spiritual and social capabilities. That’s why a capable
person lives his life joyfully. Wellness is important for enjoying the life
and happiness of mind.
7. To be an active member of the society: Wellness provides the
opportunities to a person to attach with the society and the environment. A
capable person actively participates in the social activities. Wellness
motivates the moral behavior of a person which is very important to live
in the society.

Importance of Healthy Lifestyle

1. Increases the Level of Physical Fitness: Physical fitness helps in better
co-ordination with muscles so that here may be an increase in flexibility,
tolerance, etc. of the body. This makes a person’s life simple and easy
and a lot of improvement takes place in the quality of life.
 2. Increases Longevity: Healthy lifestyle leads to have a healthy body. It
helps delay the old age quite late. The risk of diseases can be minimized
and a man’s age lengthens.
3. Prevents Cardio-Vascular Disease: Healthy lifestyle protects our body
from cardio-vascular diseases It leads to a reduction of extra fat from our
body. Thus the heart becomes strong. It leads to improve the blood
circulation in the body.
4. Helps in Reducing Depression: Due to healthy lifestyle the level of
hormones leading to the regularity of the state of body increases. As a
result the person is at a minimum risk of plunging into depression.
5. Increases Energy Level: Due to healthy lifestyle a person feels more
energized and rejuvenated. As a result, he can do most of the work
devotionally and successfully.
6. Increases Self-Confidence: Due to healthy lifestyle a person develops
more awareness and self-confidence and it also helps in building mental
toughness.
7. Helps in Coping with Stress: Due to healthy lifestyle one’s
psychological strength gets a boost. It leads to a reduction in stress,
pressure and worry. So, it helps in developing mental health as well.
8. Improves Posture: Healthy lifestyle improves an individual’s posture
and as results into the minimum risk of getting hurt. Improved posture
helps in making body beautiful.
We can say that healthy lifestyle keeps our body away from cancer,
diabetes, blood pressure, etc. It also leads to an increase in a person’s
self-confidence and also contributes various diseases like positively to an
all-round development of an individual.

3.2 Components of Physical Fitness and Wellness

Components of Physical Fitness
For the overall development of fitness. It is necessary to know the different kinds
of fitness required for specific programmes. Physical fitness can be divided into
three main areas:
 • Skill Related Fitness
• Health Realted Fitness
• Cosmetic Related Fitness
The difference between three categories of fitness is given below:
Skill Related Fitness Health Reltated Fitness Cosmetic Related Fitness
Important in the performance of Ingredient in the national For many people, looking good
specific functional motor tasks. public health agenda. is an important outcome of fit-
ness activities.
Important in sport performance Important for prevention Looking fit is in and looking
and in certain kinds of job and remediation of disease strong is an important part of
per- formance that require and illness, both physical looking fit. This is true for both
physical skill and strength. and mental. men and women.

Being able to carry out the It applies to everyone and Cosmetic fitness is fine as long
special skills that are a is a general concept. Each as it takes place in an
necessary part of certain should achieve and main- educational environment where
sports or activities that can tain certain levels of health acceptance of different body
help in becoming physically fit fitness to stay as healthy as shapes is the norm or the
involve one or more parts of possible throughout a life- criteria.
skill related fitness. It is time and to improve the
more functional and specific. quality of life.

Physical fitness has five components; which measures the physical fitness of
a person. Various experiments have been conducted to measure the physical
fitness of a person. Various exercises have done to develop these components.
The five components of physical fitness may also be called by 5 ‘S’ of Physical
Fitness which are as follows:
 Components of Wellness

3.4. Components of Health Related Physical Fitness

COMPONENTS OF HEALTH RELATED FITNESS

Cardio-respiratory Endurance Flexibility Muscular strength

Body Composition
Muscular Endurance